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Topography and Excavation of Heracleion-Thonis and East Canopus (1996-2006): Underwater Archaeology in the Canopic region in Egypt
by Franck Goddio
This book presents the first topographic outline of the city of Heracleion and the nearby Ptolemaic and Byzantine sites, all currently being excavated underwater in the Bay of Aboukir. This volume is the product of ten years of survey and excavation. 136p, col illus t/out (OCMA Monograph 1, Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology 2007)
Hardback. Price US$104.00
Geoarchaeology: Underwater Archaeology in the Canopic region in Egypt
by J-D Stanley et al
This volume presents the geoarchaeological analysis of the Akboukir Bay by the Smithsonian Institute. This study outlines the reasons for the submergence of the ancient coast line through detailed analysis of geological core samples. 145p (OCMA Monograph 2, Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology 2007)
Hardback. Price US$100.00
La stèle de Ptolémée VIII Évergète II à Héracléion
by Christophe Thiers, with contributions by Franck Goddio and Luc Tamborero
This monograph presents a translation, commentary and interpretation of the bilingual monumental Stele of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, which stood in the temple district of Heracleion-Thonis in the north-western Nile Delta of Egypt. The six metre high stele was erected sometime between either 141/140 and 131 or 124 and 116 BC and was discovered during the excavations of the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology. Unfortunately, immersion in ...
Hardback. Price US$80.00
The Decree of Sais
by Anne-Sophie von Bomhard
Von Bomhard presents an edition of the stela found during underwater excavations in the Abukir Bay, at the site of ancient Thonis-Heracleion, and inscribed with the Decree of Sais. The text is a parallel to that inscribed on another stela found at Naucratis at the turn of last century. The author gives an introduction to the discovery of the two stelae, as well as a description of the monuments, including the scenes and captions found in the ...
Hardback. Price US$90.00
The Naos of the Decades: Underwater Archaeology in the Canopic region in Egypt
by A S von Bomhard
This monograph presents the almost completely reconstituted Naos of the Decades with an excellent set of photographic images. The four additional fragments, recovered in East Canopus during the excavations of the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology, are examined with the two original fragments from the Louvre and Greco Roman Museum (Egypt). The largest of the new fragments consists of a cosmogony of over 20 columns with no known ...
Hardback. Price US$90.00
Alexandria and the North-Western Delta: Joint Conference Proceedings of Alexandria: City and Harbour (Oxford 2004) and The Trade and Topography of Egypt's North-West Delta: 8th century BC to 8th century AD (Berlin 2006)
edited by Damian Robinson and Andrew Wilson
This monograph contains the joint proceedings of the first two conferences organised by the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology. It contains 23 papers that cover land-based and underwater excavation and survey in the area of the North-Western Nile Delta, principally concerning the cities of Alexandria and Heracleion-Thonis, as well as studies of aspects of the material culture from these sites.
300p, 200+ col & b/w illus. (Oxford ...
Hardback. Price US$90.00
Maritime Archaeology and Ancient Trade in the Mediterranean
edited by Damian Robinson and Andrew Wilson
Maritime Archaeology and Ancient Trade in the Mediterranean comprises twelve papers that look at the shifting patterns of maritime trade as seen through archaeological evidence across the economic cycle of Classical Antiquity. Papers range from an initial study of Egyptian ship wrecks dating from the sixth to fifth century BC from the submerged harbour of Heracleion-Thonis through to studies of connectivity and trade in the eastern ...
Hardback. Price US$80.00
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