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20th anniversary of OCMA

Maritime Archaeology at the University of Oxford

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the co-foundation of the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology (OCMA). We are very happy about this long-term cooperation with the University of Oxford and the Hilti Foundation. With OCMA we succeeded in establishing a specialist research project within the…

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Now open to visitors:

The Graeco-Roman Museum of Alexandria

©Franck Goddio/IEASM

After almost 20 years, the Graeco-Roman Museum of Alexandria is now open again to the public. The IEASM is very happy that a selection of objects recovered during the team's underwater research in Aboukir Bay and the eastern port of Alexandria forms part of the new permanent collection. Visitors…

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Egypt Mission 2023

New finds in Thonis-Heracleion

This year, the team investigated the city's South canal, in to which huge blocks of stone from a great temple collapsed during a cataclysmic event dated to the mid-second century BC. This was the temple to the god Amun, where Pharaohs came to receive from the supreme god of the ancient Egyptian…

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As Time Goes By...

Follow the journey of the colossal queen and king from the excavation to their display in the Grand Egyptian Museum

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Exhibition Pre-opening

Colossal statues now on view at the Grand Egyptian Museum

The two colossal statues of a Ptolemaic queen and king discovered by the IEASM during excavations in the sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion are now on display at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) near Cairo.

The statue of the king may represent Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled between 277-270 BC. It…

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Live-Stream Session

Latest News From Egypt

Join Franck's live-stream session talking about the team's ongoing research in Thonis-Heracleion, Canopus and Alexandria in Egypt and the latest developments on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. (GMT+1). The session is organised by our partner, the Hilti Foundation.

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A new home for the artefacts

Moving places in Alexandria

A group from the IEASM recently met with colleagues of the Egyptian Department of Underwater Antiquities in order to set up a new warehouse in Alexandria. A huge number of objects, approximately 35,000, had to be moved and arranged anew. Thanks to this cooperative effort there is now much more space…

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New publication

Constructing, Remaking and Dismantling Sacred Landscapes in Lower Egypt

Chapters of this book by the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology (OCMA) are drawn from a conference on the Religious Landscapes of Lower Egypt held at the University of Zurich and present case studies that examine different aspects of the long-term life-histories of the landscape and the…

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Live Event from University of Oxford

Franck Goddio presents: The Portus Magnus of Alexandria

Join his live lecture on Thursday, 2nd December at 5pm (GMT) at:

Https://Livestream.Com/Oxuni

In his lecture “The Portus Magnus of Alexandria”, organized by the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology (OCMA) and livestreamed by the University of Oxford, Franck takes us on a fascinating journey into…

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Online Seminar Series

Alexandria and the Sea

Our partner, the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology (OCMA), is inviting to attend its online seminar series "Alexandria and the Sea".

From 11th October to 2nd December lectures will be held each Monday and Thursday at 5 pm (GMT). The symposium aims to bring together scholars working on diverse…

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