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The topography and excavation of Heracleion-Thonis and East Canopus (1996-2006).


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The topography and excavation of Heracleion-Thonis and East Canopus (1996-2006).

Goddio, Franck.

Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology Maritime archaeology (also known as marine archaeology) is a discipline that studies human interaction with the sea, lakes and rivers through the study of vessels, shore side facilities, cargoes, human remains and submerged landscapes.  

2007

136 pages

$104.00

Hardcover

Underwater archaeology in the Canopic Region in Egypt: Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology; monograph mon·o·graph  
n.
A scholarly piece of writing of essay or book length on a specific, often limited subject.

tr.v. mon·o·graphed, mon·o·graph·ing, mon·o·graphs
To write a monograph on.
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Gaddio discovered the two sites under the water off the west delta of the Nile in 1996, and here offers an initial report on the ten years of excavation that followed. He lists the most important objects found and some of the first scientific conclusions and hypotheses that may be drawn, but warns that exhaustive and detailed studies of the material will take many years and many volumes of the new series. The Centre for Maritime Archaeology was founded in 2003 by the University of Oxford and the Hilti Foundation, which had been supporting Goddio's work in Egypt since 1996. Some of the underwater photography Underwater photography is the process of taking photographs while underwater. It is usually done while scuba diving, but can be done while snorkeling or swimming. Overview  is astoundingly clear. Distributed in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  by The David Brown David Brown may refer to any of the following people:
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