| Monday, 31 October 2016 |
| 09:00 am–10:00 am |
Registration |
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BACC, Lecture Hall Information Desk |
| 10:00 am–11:00 am |
Opening Session |
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Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
HE Khaled El-Enani
Minister of Antiquities, Egypt
HE Major General Reda Farahat
Governor of Alexandria
General Director, Central Department of
Underwater Antiquities (CDUA), Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
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| 11:00 am–11:45 am |
Honoring the Leaders |
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Prince Omar Toussoun
Kamel Abou El-Saadat
Honor Frost
Société Archéologique d’Alexandrie
Ibrahim Darwish
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| 11:45 am–12:15 pm |
Coffee Break |
| I. Sunken Sites: Excavation Activities |
| 12:15 am–02:00 pm |
Session 1 |
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Chair:
General Director, Central Department of Underwater Antiquities (CDUA), Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
Speakers:
President, European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM), France
Thonis-Heracleion and Alexandria, Emporia of Egypt
Research Engineer, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Underwater Excavations off the Qaitbay Fort: Twenty Years of Work and the Latest Results
President, Hellenic Institute of Ancient and Mediaeval Alexandrian Studies, Greece
and
Secretary General, Mariolopoulos-Kanaginis Foundation for the Environmental Sciences, Greece
The Underwater Archaeological and Geophysical Surveys of the Greek Mission in Alexandria, Egypt (1998-2016)
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| 02:00 pm–04:30 pm |
Free Time |
| 04:30 pm–6:00 pm |
Session 2 |
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DG at the Central Department of Underwater Antiquities (CDUA), Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
Speakers:
Director, Alexandria Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage (CMAUCH), Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt
Marsa Bagoush Underwater Survey Project
Director, Nile Department, Central Department of Underwater Antiquities (CDUA), Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
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Director, Red Sea Department, Central Department of Underwater Antiquities (CDUA), Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
Department for Underwater Antiquities Archaeological Activities in Two Decades
Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt
Lecturer of Marine Geology and Geophysics, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt
Geophysicist and Hydrographic Surveyor, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt
The Emerging Situation of Submerged Ancient Sites at the Eastern Harbor
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| Tuesday, 1 November 2016 |
| II. Ancient Ship-Building |
| 09:30 am–11:15 am |
Session 3a: Ancient Boats and Ships in Egypt |
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Chair:
Emeritus Director of Research, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Speakers:
General Director, Central Department of Underwater Antiquities (CDUA), Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
Characteristics of Ancient Egyptian Boats and Ships
General Director, Central Department of Underwater Antiquities (CDUA), Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
Conservator, Conservation Center, Grand Egyptian Museum, Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
Conservator, Conservation Center, Grand Egyptian Museum, Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
&
Conservator, Conservation Center, Grand Egyptian Museum, Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
Abou Rawash Boat: Preliminary Report
Professor, Higashi Nippon International University, Japan
Outline of the Khufu Second Boat Project and the Structure of the Boat
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11:15 am–11:45 am
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Coffee Break |
| 11:45 am–01:30 pm |
Session 3b: Ancient Boats and Ships in Egypt |
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Chair:
Associate Professor and Vice Director, Institute of
Marine Sciences and Technology, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey
Speakers:
Assistant Professor of Maritime Archaeology, University of Naples "L'Orientale", Italy
Pharaohs and Ottomans in the Red Sea: An Overview on Ship Timbers from Gawasis (Egypt) and the Umm Lajj Shipwreck (Saudi Arabia)
Director, Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology, UK
The Context of the Ships from Thonis-Heracleion
Engineer, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS),
France
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Archaeologist, Center for Alexandrian Studies (CEAlex), France
Shipwrecks and Anchors: Underwater Surveys of the Center for Alexandrian Studies off the Qaitbay Fort (1996-2016)
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| 01:30 pm–03:00 pm |
Free Time |
| 03:00 pm–05:15 pm |
Session 4: Ancient Mediterranean Boats and Ships |
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Chair:
Senior Lecturer, University of Southhampton, UK
Speakers:
Emeritus Director of Research, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
The Ancient Mediterranean Shipbuilding and the Sailing Replicas: From the Trireme of Napoléon III to Gyptis
First-class Researcher in Nautical and Maritime Archaeology, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
New Data for the Study of the Ancient Shipbuilding Traditions in the Adriatic Region
Research Assistant, Restoration and Conservation Department, Istanbul University, Turkey
Yenikapı Shipwrecks: Fieldwork and Conservation
Associate Professor and Vice Director, Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey
Shipwreck Discoveries of the Aegean Sea near Bozburun Peninsula
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| 5:15 pm–05:45 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 05:45 pm–07:15 pm |
Session 5: Islamic Ships |
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Chair:
Director, Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology, UK
Speakers:
Director, Sadana Island Shipwreck Excavation, USA
Excavations at Sadana Island: A Discussion of Egypt's Red Sea in the 18th century
(via Skype)
Archaeological Inspector, General Department of Archaeological Documentation in Lower Egypt, Islamic Antiquities Sector, Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
Ships in the Islamic Era: Artistic Features in Light of Historical Texts and Manuscripts (in Arabic)
Freelance Researcher in Islamic Maritime History and Archeology in the Mediterranean 7th–15th centuries, Tunisia/France
Some Papyrological Sources on “Context Factors” of Shipbuilding of the Navy of Umayyad Egypt (7th–8th cent. CE): Materials, Human and Technical Factors
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| Wednesday, 2 November 2016 |
| III. Harbour Archaeology |
| 10:00 am–11:45 am |
Session 6: Ports and Harbors |
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Chair:
Director, Alexandria Centre for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage (CMAUCH), Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, Egypt
Speakers:
Research Scientist, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Geoarchaeology of Ancient Mediterranean Harbours: The Case of Alexandria (Egypt) and Portus (Italy)
DG at the Central Department of Underwater Antiquities (CDUA), Ministry of Antiquities, Egypt
Glimpses of Ancient Harbor–Engineering in Alexandria and its Environs
Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
The Ancient Port of Marea-Philoxenite at Lake Mareotis in Alexandria
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| 11:45 am–12:15 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 12:15 pm–02:00 pm |
Session 7: Ports and Harbors |
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Chair:
Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Speakers:
Chair Professor of Egyptology, Paris–Sorbonne University (Paris IV), France
The Harbor of Khufu on the Red Sea Shore at Wadi el-Jarf
Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton, UK
The Port of Myos Hormos
Co-Director, Berenike Project, Poland
The Lost Harbor of Berenike: A Review of the Evidence for the Location of the Port
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| 02:00 pm – 02:30 pm |
Closing |