News Archive
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…
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:
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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.
