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TV Documentary on Thonis-Heracleion
Premiers Saturday, 11 May 2013 on ArteReruns Sunday, 26 May at 3.25 pm on Arte
The TV documentary Egypt's Sunken City/ A Legend Is Revealed shows the rediscovery of the ancient city of Thonis-Heracleion that submerged more than a 1,000 years ago, on Saturday, 11 May, at 8.15 pm (German)/ 8.45 pm (French) on Arte.
Thonis-Heracleion was the gateway to Egypt, the obligatory port…
15-17 March 2013: OCMA Conference
Heracleion in context, the maritime economy of the Egyptian Late Period
Programme
The next OCMA conference will be held at Oxford University on 15 - 17 March 2013 on the topic "Heracleion in context: The maritime economy of the Egyptian Late Period". The purpose of the symposium is to explore the maritime trading economy of the Egyptian port of Thonis-Heracleion during…
New book by the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology
The Decree of Saïs
Oxford University’s Centre for Maritime Archaeology (OCMA) has published a new book on Maritime Archaeology in the Canopic Region in Egypt. The volume by Anne-Sophie von Bomhard focuses on a stele found during underwater excavations in Aboukir Bay off the coast of Egypt, at the site of ancient…
CLEOPATRA
EXHIBITION ON VIEW AT THE CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER, LOS ANGELES
The US west coast premiere of Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt featuring artefacts discovered by Franck Goddio and his team in cooperation with the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities is on display at the California Science Center, Los Angeles, from 23 May 2012 on.
New Franck Goddio Website is Online
With latest films, photographs and background stories
The new website of underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio and his team is online: www.franckgoddio.org presents the latest news on his underwater archaeological projects taking place throughout the world.
The website features Goddio’s research projects in the eastern harbour of Alexandria and the…