Egypt
- In The Field - Digging In The Nile
Heritage Key (Paula Veiga) I suppose that I can get away with describing underwater excavations as field work :-) Video and accompanying article about the excavations taking place in the Nile itself at Aswan. The video concentrates on items being brought...
- Cool View
Al-Ahram WeeklyTWO MONTHS after UNESCO agreed on a design proposed by French architect Jacques Rougerie for the first underwater museum of Egyptian antiquities on the Mediterranean coast in Alexandria, a mission from the European Institute for Underwater...
- New Book: Dire Le Droit En Egypte Pharaonique
Editions Safran By Alexandra Philip-Stephan I haven't bothered to translate any of this because if you don't speak French you won't be able to read the book! En consultant les nombreuses études consacrées au droit égyptien, on constate...
- Underwater Museum For Alexandria?
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/803/hr1.htm"Setting up an offshore, submarine archaeological site anywhere is not an easy task, let alone in a city with the water pollution problems of Alexandria. Yet the remarkable discoveries made by underwater archaeologists...
- Update: Mummy Sherit
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/intel/22421/Two videos (Windows Media Player or RealPlayer). The first shows video footage of the scan in process, the resulting images, the model of the child's skull, and is accompanied by interviews with those involved....
Egypt
Video: Museum of underwater archaeology in Alexandria
http://www.lemoniteur-expert.com/video/video.asp?id=39
Fascinating video, in very straight forward French, about the planned museum in Alexandria, which will be a showcase for the underwater archaeology. The video kicks off with footage of divers examining statues and stelae underwater, it goes on to show the museum's designer explaining his plans, and wraps up with a virtual tour of the museum. It looks like a very ambitious project. The video is introduced with the following text: "Voyage dans les profondeurs du projet de l'architecte de Jacques Rougerie, retenu pour le musée d'archéologie sous-marine qui hébergera les trésors d'Alexandrie.
A coté de la grande bibliothèque, une stèle d'eau protégée d'un velum, abritera l'exposition. Un couloir sous marin la prolongera jusqu'à un écrin de lumière et d'eau surmonté d'un signal évoquant des voiles de felouques. Les statues retrouveront l'univers où les archéologues les ont trouvées quand cette zone militaire leur a été ouverte.Les visiteurs distingueront aussi, dans l'eau trouble les plongeurs poursuivant leurs recherches."
Well worth a look, even if you don't speak French. You'll need to have a Flash 9 viewer installed.
Fascinating video, in very straight forward French, about the planned museum in Alexandria, which will be a showcase for the underwater archaeology. The video kicks off with footage of divers examining statues and stelae underwater, it goes on to show the museum's designer explaining his plans, and wraps up with a virtual tour of the museum. It looks like a very ambitious project. The video is introduced with the following text: "Voyage dans les profondeurs du projet de l'architecte de Jacques Rougerie, retenu pour le musée d'archéologie sous-marine qui hébergera les trésors d'Alexandrie.
A coté de la grande bibliothèque, une stèle d'eau protégée d'un velum, abritera l'exposition. Un couloir sous marin la prolongera jusqu'à un écrin de lumière et d'eau surmonté d'un signal évoquant des voiles de felouques. Les statues retrouveront l'univers où les archéologues les ont trouvées quand cette zone militaire leur a été ouverte.Les visiteurs distingueront aussi, dans l'eau trouble les plongeurs poursuivant leurs recherches."
Well worth a look, even if you don't speak French. You'll need to have a Flash 9 viewer installed.
- In The Field - Digging In The Nile
Heritage Key (Paula Veiga) I suppose that I can get away with describing underwater excavations as field work :-) Video and accompanying article about the excavations taking place in the Nile itself at Aswan. The video concentrates on items being brought...
- Cool View
Al-Ahram WeeklyTWO MONTHS after UNESCO agreed on a design proposed by French architect Jacques Rougerie for the first underwater museum of Egyptian antiquities on the Mediterranean coast in Alexandria, a mission from the European Institute for Underwater...
- New Book: Dire Le Droit En Egypte Pharaonique
Editions Safran By Alexandra Philip-Stephan I haven't bothered to translate any of this because if you don't speak French you won't be able to read the book! En consultant les nombreuses études consacrées au droit égyptien, on constate...
- Underwater Museum For Alexandria?
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/803/hr1.htm"Setting up an offshore, submarine archaeological site anywhere is not an easy task, let alone in a city with the water pollution problems of Alexandria. Yet the remarkable discoveries made by underwater archaeologists...
- Update: Mummy Sherit
http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/intel/22421/Two videos (Windows Media Player or RealPlayer). The first shows video footage of the scan in process, the resulting images, the model of the child's skull, and is accompanied by interviews with those involved....