Maritime Archaeology: Research from the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology (OCMA)
Oxford University
6 episodes
2 weeks ago
What can we learn from the remains of two temples in the Portus Magnus of Alexandria? Franck Goddio and Damian Robinson talk latest research results and share updates on the condition of the team’s support vessel, Princess Duda. Franck Goddio, President of the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology
(IEASM) and Damian Robinson, Director of the Oxford Centre for Maritime
Archaeology (OCMA) met at the University of Oxford where they attend a
conference on maritime Alexandria. In the picturesque courtyard of Harris
Manchester College, they talk about the latest results of the excavations and
detailed research on two temples in the sunken royal quarter of the ancient
Portus Magnus of Alexandria: the temple to Poseidon and the temple to Isis.
They also discuss the general state of play of this long-term research project
off the coast of Egypt, including the condition of the team’s support vessel,
Princess Duda, which has a major refit.
Franck Goddio’s keynote lecture on the temple to Poseidon can be watched here:
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/temple-poseidon-portus-magnus-alexandria
For more information about the OCMA: https://ocma.web.ox.ac.uk/
For more information about Franck Goddio and the European Institute for
Underwater Archaeology (IEASM): https://www.ieasm.org/
https://www.franckgoddio.org/
https://www.youtube.com/@Franck_Goddio
For more information about the Hilti Foundation:
https://www.hiltifoundation.org/
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What can we learn from the remains of two temples in the Portus Magnus of Alexandria? Franck Goddio and Damian Robinson talk latest research results and share updates on the condition of the team’s support vessel, Princess Duda. Franck Goddio, President of the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology
(IEASM) and Damian Robinson, Director of the Oxford Centre for Maritime
Archaeology (OCMA) met at the University of Oxford where they attend a
conference on maritime Alexandria. In the picturesque courtyard of Harris
Manchester College, they talk about the latest results of the excavations and
detailed research on two temples in the sunken royal quarter of the ancient
Portus Magnus of Alexandria: the temple to Poseidon and the temple to Isis.
They also discuss the general state of play of this long-term research project
off the coast of Egypt, including the condition of the team’s support vessel,
Princess Duda, which has a major refit.
Franck Goddio’s keynote lecture on the temple to Poseidon can be watched here:
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/temple-poseidon-portus-magnus-alexandria
For more information about the OCMA: https://ocma.web.ox.ac.uk/
For more information about Franck Goddio and the European Institute for
Underwater Archaeology (IEASM): https://www.ieasm.org/
https://www.franckgoddio.org/
https://www.youtube.com/@Franck_Goddio
For more information about the Hilti Foundation:
https://www.hiltifoundation.org/
Maritime Archaeology: Research from the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology (OCMA)
41 minutes
11 months ago
Underwater photography and maritime archaeology
Fascinating images that offer a glimpse into ancient Egypt: Photographer Christoph Gerigk talks about his work in the sunken ancient cities off the coast of Egypt and the challenges and developments in underwater photography. Fascinating images that offer a glimpse into ancient Egypt: Photographer Christoph Gerigk talks about his work in the sunken ancient cities off the coast of Egypt and the challenges and developments in underwater photography.
Since the early 1990s Franck Goddio and the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM), in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and the Hilti Foundation, have explored the submerged remains of the ancient sunken cities of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus off the coast of Egypt and the Portus Magnus of Alexandria and its sunken royal quarter.
Photographer Christoph Gerigk has been collaborating with the IEASM for more than 25 years. In this episode, he talks about his work in the sunken ancient cities and the challenges and developments in underwater photography. Christoph has been honored twice at the World Press Photo Contest.
For more information about the work of the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM):
https://www.ieasm.org/
https://www.franckgoddio.org/
https://www.youtube.com/@Franck_Goddio
For more information about the OCMA: https://ocma.web.ox.ac.uk/
For more information about the Hilti Foundation: https://www.hiltifoundation.org/
Maritime Archaeology: Research from the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology (OCMA)
What can we learn from the remains of two temples in the Portus Magnus of Alexandria? Franck Goddio and Damian Robinson talk latest research results and share updates on the condition of the team’s support vessel, Princess Duda. Franck Goddio, President of the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology
(IEASM) and Damian Robinson, Director of the Oxford Centre for Maritime
Archaeology (OCMA) met at the University of Oxford where they attend a
conference on maritime Alexandria. In the picturesque courtyard of Harris
Manchester College, they talk about the latest results of the excavations and
detailed research on two temples in the sunken royal quarter of the ancient
Portus Magnus of Alexandria: the temple to Poseidon and the temple to Isis.
They also discuss the general state of play of this long-term research project
off the coast of Egypt, including the condition of the team’s support vessel,
Princess Duda, which has a major refit.
Franck Goddio’s keynote lecture on the temple to Poseidon can be watched here:
https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/temple-poseidon-portus-magnus-alexandria
For more information about the OCMA: https://ocma.web.ox.ac.uk/
For more information about Franck Goddio and the European Institute for
Underwater Archaeology (IEASM): https://www.ieasm.org/
https://www.franckgoddio.org/
https://www.youtube.com/@Franck_Goddio
For more information about the Hilti Foundation:
https://www.hiltifoundation.org/
