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Oxford, December 8, 2003 -- During
the 2003 Mission of the Institut Europ�en d�Arch�ologie Sous-Marine (IEASM)
the newly founded Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology (OCMA) held its
first committee meeting in Egypt onboard the Princess Duda, IEASM�s research
vessel for archaeological underwater missions led by Franck Goddio. The
committee finalized plans for the Centre�s first publication and symposium as
well as research scholarship opportunities to be realized in 2004.
During the course of the year Jonathan Cole, who is in the process of
completing a D.Phil at Oxford on the port at Alexandria, was the first graduate
student to participate in fieldwork of the IEASM�s 2003 underwater research
missions in Alexandria�s eastern harbour and the bay of Aboukir. Jonathan Cole
was subsequently appointed OCMA research co-ordinator. The Centre, which has
been made possible by the Hilti Foundation, has now been formally
established as part of the school of Archaeology with which it will enjoy a
close relationship.
The Centre�s first committee meeting revealed exciting projects to be realized
in 2004:
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Scholarships
The first research scholars will join the Centre for the fall semester 2004.
The research themes available for doctoral theses for Oxford Students will
originate from past and future mission conducted by Franck Goddio in Alexandria
and the Bay of Aboukir. Advertising for research studentships will start
January 2004.
�Scholarship participation provides an enormous opportunity for research
students�, Professor Barry Cunliffe, Chairman of the School of Archaeology and
Professor of European Archaeology at Oxford, �The extent of the material
available for research theses is amazing.�
Publications
OCMA will publish its first publication in Autumn 2004, based on the research
missions in Aboukir Bay. This publication will present Franck Goddio�s
topographical work on the sites of Heracleion and Canopus East with
archaeological with an archaeological discussion of the area. The publication
will be introduced with archaeological, historical, mythological and geological
overviews on the area.
Symposia
On December 17.-19.12.2004 OCMA�s first symposium on the topography and history
of Alexandria will be held. Leading academics will be asked to discuss how
recent discoveries on land and sea have added to our understanding of the city.
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OCMA was initiated this June in a common effort between the University of
Oxford, the Hilti Foundation, and the IEASM, of which Franck Goddio is
president.
For more information please contact:
for Franck Goddio, Hilti Foundation: salaction public relations GmbH, Julie
Schwetlick, e-mail: [email protected], tel: + (49) 40 226 58 322,
Sophie Lalbat, e-mail: [email protected], tel: +33 148 06 39 44
for Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology: Jonathan Cole, Centre Co-ordinator
e-mail: [email protected], tel: + (44) 1865 288 014
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Franck Goddio explains his
topographical work to Dr. Andrew Wilson, University Lecturer in Roman
Archaeology, University of Oxford, Dr. Cornelia Ewigleben, Historisches Museum
der Pfalz, Dieter A Irion of salaction, Prof. Barry Cunliffe, Head of School of
Archaeology, Professor of European Archaeology, University of Oxford, and Prof.
Bert Smith, Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art, University of
Oxford on board of the research vessel in the Bay of Aboukir, Egypt.
�Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation, Photographer: Christoph Gerigk
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A 2nd century bust of the river god
Nile with cornucopia, probably once attached to a shield frame (imago clipeata)
is being lifted from the sea bed at Canopus East onto the research vessel.
Present are Prof. Barry Cunliffe, Head of School of Archaeology, Professor of
European Archaeology, University of Oxford, Dr. Andrew Wilson, University
Lecturer in Roman Archaeology, University of Oxford, Jonathan Cole, research
co-ordinator at the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology, Georg Rosenbauer of
the Hilti Foundation, and Prof. Bert Smith, Lincoln Professor of Classical
Archaeology and Art, University of Oxford with Franck Goddio to the right.
�Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation, Photographer: Christoph Gerigk
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Prof. Bert Smith, Lincoln Professor
of Classical Archaeology and Art, University of Oxford, Dr. Andrew Wilson,
University Lecturer in Roman Archaeology, University of Oxford, Jonathan Cole,
research co-ordinator at the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Prof.
Barry Cunliffe, Head of School of Archaeology, Professor of European
Archaeology, University of Oxford with Franck Goddio displaying a bronze
support for ritual basins found during the archaeological excavation of the
great canal of submerged Heracleion, 5th-3rd century BC.
�Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation, Photographer: Julie Schwetlick
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