Unearthing Alexandria’s Archaeology: The Italian Contribution

Contents

Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction; Chapter 1—Italian Archaeologists in Alexandria ; Chapter 2—History of Archaeological Excavations at the Hadra Necropolis; Chapter 3—History of Archaeological Excavations at Chatby ; Chapter 4—History of Archaeological Excavations at Anfushi Necropolis on Pharos Island; Chapter 5—Excavations at Kom al-Chougafa; Chapter 6—Excavations at the Serapeum; Chapter 7—Excavations at Kom al-Dikka; Chapter 8—Catalogue of the Photographs from the Breccia and Adriani Archives; List of Abbreviations; Bibliography

About the Author

MOHAMED KENAWI was Head Researcher (2011–16), followed by Acting Director (2016–17), of the Hellenistic Centre of Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria. He taught at the American University in Cairo and at Catania University. He has participated in various archaeological missions in Libya, Italy, and Egypt, among them those at Kom al-Ahmer/Kom Wasit, Athribis, and Dionysias. He currently collaborates on projects with Padua University, the City University of New York, and Tübingen University. At present, he is a Researcher and Training Manager at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, for the Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa project. He has published many articles about his research in the Delta and Fayoum, in addition to his monograph, Alexandria’s Hinterland: Archaeology of the Western Nile Delta, Egypt (2014). He is Egypt Coordinator for the Manar al-Athar open-access photo-archive www.manar-al-athar.ox.ac.uk. | GIORGIA MARCHIORI has worked on a number of archaeological projects in Egypt: the Tell Timai Project of the University of Hawaii, the Dionsyais Archaeological Project of the Siena University, and the Kom al-Ahmer – Kom Wasit Archaeological Project of Padova University and the Centro Archeologico Italo-Egiziano. She has also worked on archaeological expeditions in Mexico. Having completed an MSc in GIS and Spatial Analysis in Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, she is currently doing her PhD at Durham University on late Roman housing in the Western Nile Delta.