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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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Canopus documentary

Watch the new Smithsonian Channel documentary on our discoveries in the sunken city of Canopus:
Secrets, Season 7, Episode 1

Monday, 13 September at 4pm
Saturday, 16 October at 5pm

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Egypt expedition in Thonis-Heracleion

New archaeological treasures found

The 2021 mission of the IEASM off the coast of Egypt in the Mediterranean has revealed extremely interesting results at the site of Thonis-Heracleion in the Bay of Aboukir.

Among the finds is a Ptolemaic galley. She sank after being hit by huge blocks from the famed temple of Amun, which was…

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A Sunken city

21st anniversary of the discovery of Thonis-Heracleion

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In the mood for a sweepstake?

We would like to invite you to a little quiz about our work in the sunken cities off the coast of Egypt. Taking part is easy: You just have to answer the following five questions (Tip: the correct answers are all to be found on the franckgoddio.org website).

THE QUESTIONS:

1. How deep underwater…

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New YouTube series

Discovering Underwater Archaeology

We are happy to launch our new YouTube series "Discovering Underwater Archaeology"/ "Découvrir l'archéologie sous-marine":

 

Click here for new series in English

 

Click here for new series in French

We will add new episodes regularly. If you want to be informed on new uploads you can subscribe…

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Finds - The stories behind them

We have started a new series Finds - the stories behind them, where we present single objects and explain what we have learned about them during our research. 

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