Title 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
Publication Info Oxford : Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology, 2010
Location Call Number Status
 Watson Library Stacks  DT73.A4 A44 2010    REQUESTABLE
Description xviii, 282 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm
Series Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology monograph ; 5
Contents 1. Geophysical Survey in the Submerged Canopic Region / Andrew Wilson / Damian Robinson -- 2. Naukratis, Heracleion-Thonis and Alexandria [–] Remarks on the Presence and Trade Activities of Greeks in the North-West Delta from the Seventh Century BC to the End of the Fourth Century BC / Franck Goddio -- 3. Heracleion, Herakles and Naukratis / Stefan Pfeiffer -- 4. Early Human Activity (pre-332 BC) in Alexandria, Egypt: New Findings in Sediment Cores from the Eastern Harbour / Ursula Höckmann -- 5. The Development and Operation of the Portus Magnus in Alexandria: An Overview / Elizabeth A. Landau / Jean-Daniel Stanley -- 6. Discovering Alexandria[–]Archaeological Update on the Finds from Kom el-Dikka / Franck Goddio / David Fabre -- 7. [edifice theatral de Kom el-Dikka [–] Quelques mythes et plusieurs questions / Grzegorz Majcherek -- 8. Trade and the Flag [–] Alexandria, Egypt and the Imperial House / Zsolt Kiss -- 9. Settlement Connections in the Canopic Region / Alan K. Bowman -- 10. Destructive Earthquakes in Alexandria and Aboukir Bay? / Penelope Wilson -- 11. Fatal Evidence? / Amos Nur -- 12. Occupation and Trade at Heracleion-Thonis [–] The Evidence from the Pottery / Gunter Grimmt -- 13. The Naos of the Decades [–] The Discovery of New Fragments and Their Contribution to the Interpretation of the Monument / Catherine Grataloup -- 14. The Naos of the Decades and its Place in Egyptian Astrology / Anne-Sophie von Bomhard -- 15. Das dem Naos der Dekane zugrundeliegende kalendarische System / J.F. Quack -- 16. Statues of Ptolemaic Queens from Alexandria, Canopus and Heracleion-Thonis / Christian Leitz -- 17. Hydreios Statues from the IEASM Excavations in Aboukir Bay / Sabine Albersmeier -- 18. Le Dieu Nil Hellenistique [–] A propos d'une sculpture de Canope / Emma Susan Libonati -- 19. Living with Metals in Hellenistic Egypt [–] New Finds from Heracleion-Thonis / Zsolt Kiss -- 20. The Early Byzantine Jewellery from Aboukir Bay and its Significance / Zöe Robinson -- 21. Egypt as Metaphor [–] Decoration and Eschatology in the Monumental Tombs of Ancient Alexandria / Yvonne Petrina -- 22. Terenuthis and Elsewhere [–] The Archaeology of Eating, Drinking and Dying in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt / Marjorie Susan Venit
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subjects Underwater archaeology -- Egypt -- Nile River Delta
Underwater archaeology -- Egypt -- Alexandria
Nile River Delta (Egypt) -- Antiquities
Alexandria (Egypt) -- Antiquities
Additional Authors Robinson, Damian.
Wilson, Andrew, 1968-
Series Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology monograph ; 5.
Donor Watson Library copy: Arthur K. Watson Gift
ISBN 9781905905140 (hbk.)
1905905149 (hbk.)
OCLC 712561631