Franck Goddio, Aurelia Masson-Berghoff

Sunken cities

Egypt's lost worlds
Herausgegeben:Goddio, Franck; Masson-Berghoff, Aurélia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Beneath the waters of Abukir Bay, lie the submerged remains of the ancient Egyptian cities Canopus and Thonis-Heracleion, which sank over 1,000 years ago but were brought to the surface by in the 1990s. These ancient artefacts are to be exhibited in Britain in 2016. This book tells the story of these two ancient civilizations.

Produktdetails

• The British Museum
• Verlag: Thames & Hudson / Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 310mm x 255mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1610g
• ISBN-13: 9780500292372
• ISBN-10: 050029237X
• Artikelnr.: 44546427

Autorenporträt

Franck Goddio is founder of the French IEASM (European Institute for Underwater Archaeology) and discoverer of the city of Herakleion-Thonis 7 km off the Egyptian shore in Aboukir Bay. He also led the excavation of the submerged site of Eastern Canopus and of Antirhodos in the ancient harbour of Alexandria (Portus Magnus).

Inhaltsangabe

- Director's foreword - Sponsor's foreword - Foreword from the Hilti Foundation - 1. Rediscovering Thonis- Heracleion and Canopus - 2. Egypt and Greece: early encounters - 3. Greek kings and Egyptian gods - 4. From myth to festivals - 5. Egypt and Rome