Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology

The Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology is responsible for the scholarly publication of the fieldwork conducted by IEASM in Alexandria and the submerged Canopic Region, as well as post-excavation studies of the material culture recovered from these excavations and specialist studies of related interest.

The monographs are published as part of the School of Archaeology's Monograph Series. The production of the volumes are overseen by an internal publication review committee and a scientific steering committee comprising of principal members of staff from the Institute of Archaeology, Egyptology and the Ashmolean Museum. The volumes are also fully peer reviewed.

The monographs are distributed through Oxbow Books.

Franck Goddio

Topography and Excavation of Heracleion-Thonis and East Canopus (1996-2006)

This book presents the first topographic outline of the city of Heracleion and the nearby Ptolemaic and Byzantine sites, all currently being excavated under water in the Bay of Aboukir. This volume is the product of ten years of survey and excavation.

ISBN-13: 978-0-9549627-3-9

ISBN-10: 0-9549627-3-7

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Jean-Daniel Stanley et al

Geoarchaeology

This volume presents the geoarchaeological analysis of Aboukir Bay by the Smithsonian Institute. The study outlines the reasons for the submergence of the ancient coast line through detailed analysis of geological core samples.

ISBN-13: 978-0-9549627-4-6

ISBN-10: 0-9549627-4-5

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Anne-Sophie von Bomhard

The Naos of the Decades

This monograph presents the almost completely reconstituted Naos of the Decades with an excellent set of photographic images. The four additional fragments, recovered in East Canopus during the excavations of the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology, are examined with the two original fragments from the Louvre and Greco-Roman Museum (Alexandria, Egypt). The largest of the new fragments consists of a cosmogony of over 20 columns with no known parallel, disproving the order of the decades as it was initially assumed and suggesting a far older tradition of Egyptian astrology.

ISBN-13: 978-1-905905-04-1

ISBN-10: 1-905905-04-1

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Christophe Thiers

La stèle de Ptolémée VIII Évergète II à Héracléion

This monograph presents a translation, commentary and interpretation of the bilingual monumental Stele of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, which stood in the temple district of Heracleion-Thonis in the north-western Nile Delta of Egypt. The six metre high stele was erected sometime between either 141/140 and 131 or 124 and 116 BC and was discovered during the excavations of the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology. Unfortunately immersion in the sea has damaged the surface of the stele and little of the Greek text can be made out. Nevertheless much of the hieroglyphic portion of the document can be read and interpreted. It is laid out in traditional style complete with a royal protocol and eulogy and contains information about the local affairs of the priests of Heracleion.

ISBN-13: 978-1-905905-05-8

ISBN-10: 1-905905-05-X

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Damian Robinson and Andrew Wilson (eds.)

Alexandria and the North-Western Delta

Joint Conference Proceedings of Alexandria City and Harbour (Oxford 2004) and The Trade and Topography of Egypt’s North-Western Delta (Berlin 2006)

The monograph contains the joint proceedings of the first two conferences organised by the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology. It contains 23 papers that cover land-based and underwater excavation and survey in the area of the North-Western Nile Delta, principally concerning the cities of Alexandria and Heracleion-Thonis, as well as studies of aspects of the material culture from these sites.

Also in preparation for publication in 2010:

Damian Robinson and Andrew Wilson (eds.)

Maritime Archaeology and Ancient Trade in the Mediterranean

The proceedings of the third OCMA symposium held in Madrid in 2008 

Other titles in preparation include:

Franck Goddio and David Fabre

The Portus Magnus

Anne-Sophie von Bomhard

The Decree of Sias

Damian Robinson and Andrew Wilson (eds.)

East meets West along the Maritime Silk Route

The Proceedings of the fourth OCMA symposium held in Tokyo in 2009.

In addition...

A number of monographs on the material culture recovered from the IEASM excavations in Aboukir Bay and Alexandria are also in preparation. They contain the detailed research of the former Hilti Foundation doctoral students Yvonne Stoltz (jewellery), Zoe Robinson (metal ware) and Emma Libonati (statues), as well as that of other scholars including Andrew Meadows (numismatics) and Catherine Grataloup and Keith Swift (ceramics).