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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.
- 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
- Oxford : Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, 2010.
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- Description
- xviii, 282 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), charts, plans; 31 cm.
- Summary
- "The monograph contains the joint proceedings of the first two conferences organised by the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology. It contains 23 papers that cover land-based and underwater excavation and survey in the area of the North-Western Nile Delta, principally concerning the cities of Alexandria and Heracleion-Thonis, as well as studies of aspects of the material culture from these sites." -- Publisher's information.
- Series Statement
- Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology, monograph ; 5
- Uniform Title
- Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology monograph 5.
- Alternative Title
- Joint conference proceedings of Alexandria : city and harbour
- Alexandria : city and harbour
- Trade and topography of Egypt's North-West Delta
- Joint conference proceedings of Alexandria
- Trade and topography of Egypt's North-Western Delta
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- Chiefly English; 2 contributions in French, 1 in German.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction / Damian Robinson and Andrew Wilson -- Alexandria and the North-Western Delta. -- 1. Geophysical Survey in the Submerged Canopic Region / Franck Goddio -- 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 / Stefan Pfeiffer -- 3. Heracleion, Herakles and Naukratis / Ursula Höckmann -- 4. Early Human Activity (pre-332 BC) in Alexandria, Egypt: New Findings in Sediment Cores from the Eastern Harbour / Jean-Daniel Stanley and Elizabeth A. Landau -- 5. The development and Operation of the Portus Magnus in Alexandria: An Overview / David Fabre and Franck Goddio -- 6. Discovering Alexandria: Archaeological Update on the Finds from Kom el-Dikka / Grzegorz Majcherek -- 7. Lʼédifice théâtral de Kôm el-Dikka: Quelques mythes et plusieurs questions / Zsolt Kiss -- 8. Trade and the Flag: Alexandria, Egypt and the Imperial House / Alan K. Bowman -- 9. Settlement Connections in the Canopic Region / Penelope Wilson -- 10. Destructive Earthquakes in Alexandria and Aboukir Bay? / Amos Nur
- Studies in the material culture of the North-Western Delta and submerged settlements in Aboukir Bay. -- 11. Fatal Evidence? / Günter Grimm -- 12. Occupation and Trade at Heracleion-Thonis: The Evidence from the Pottery / Catherine Grataloup -- 13. The Naos of the Decades: The Discovery of New Fragments and Their Contribution to the Interpretation of the Monument / Anne-Sophie von Bomhard -- 14. The Naos of the Decades and its Place in Egyptian Astrology / J.F. Quack -- 15. Das dem Naos der Dekane zugrundeliegende kalendarische System / Christian Leitz -- 16. Statues of Ptolemaic Queens from Alexandria, Canopus and Heracleion-Thonis / Sabine Albersmeier -- 17. Hydreios Statues from the IEASM Excavations in Aboukir Bay/ Emma Susan Libonati -- 18. Le Dieu Nil Hellénistique: A propos dʼune sculpture de Canope / Zsolt Kiss -- 19. Living with Metals in Hellenistic Egypt: New Finds from Heracleion-Thonis / Zöe Robinson -- 20. The Early Byzantine Jewellery from Aboukir Bay and its Significance / Yvonne Stolz -- 21. Egypt as Metaphor: Decoration and Eschatology in the Monumental Tombs of Ancient Alexandria / Marjorie Susan Venit -- 22. Terenuthis and Elsewhere: The Archaeology of Eating, Drinking and Dying in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt / Katja Lembke -- 23. Landscapes of Cameo Glass / Susan Walker.
- ISBN
- 9781905905140
- 1905905149
- OCLC
- 737690791
- SCSB-11114086
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library