Diving to the pharaohs : Franck Goddio's discoveries in Egypt

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Label

Diving to the pharaohs : Franck Goddio's discoveries in Egypt

Title remainder

Franck Goddio's discoveries in Egypt

Statement of responsibility

text by Jürgen Bischoff ; photographs by Christoph Gerigk ; translation, Lynda Matschke

Contributor

• Matschke, Lynda
• Museum Rietberg,
• Bischoff, Jürgen, 1955-
• Gerigk, Christoph,
• Gerigk, Christoph,
• British Museum,
• Goddio, Franck
• Museum Rietberg,
• Bischoff, Jürgen, 1955-
• British Museum,

Author

• Bischoff, Jürgen, 1955-
• Bischoff, Jürgen, 1955-

Host institution

• Museum Rietberg,
• Museum Rietberg,
• British Museum,
• British Museum,

Photographer

• Gerigk, Christoph,
• Gerigk, Christoph,

Translator

• Matschke, Lynda

Subject

• Egypt -- Antiquities
• Egypt -- Antiquities
• Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Exhibitions
• Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs
• Goddio, Franck -- Exhibitions
• Goddio, Franck -- Exhibitions
• Nile River Delta (Egypt) -- Antiquities
• Nile River Delta (Egypt) -- Antiquities
• Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions
• Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions
• Underwater archaeology -- Egypt
• Underwater archaeology -- Egypt
• Underwater photography -- Exhibitions
• Underwater photography -- Exhibitions
• Alexandria (Egypt) -- Antiquities
• Alexandria (Egypt) -- Antiquities
• Catalogs
• Catalogs

Genre

• Exhibition catalogs
• Catalogs
• Exhibitions

Language

eng

Summary

In the spring of 1992, acknowledged pioneer of modern maritime archaeology Franck Goddio (born in Casablanca in 1947 and dedicated to archaeology since the early 1980s) set out to locate the port facilities and palace quarter of the ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria, founded in 331 BC. Equipped with cutting-edge sonar and nuclear magnetic resonance technology capable of detecting structures hidden deep in sediment, never before had maritime archaeologists put so much effort and technology into uncovering the mysteries of human history. Years later Goddio extended his search to include the Bay of Aboukir, where he discovered cities that had been swallowed up by the sea more than a thousand years before, along with huge temples, colossal statues and the world's largest ancient ship cemetery to date. "Diving to the pharaohs" offers a first-hand account of this thrilling journey into the past, following Goddio's divers on their underwater ventures. It depicts life on board a research vessel and provides exciting insights into the scientific findings. What was life like for the people of the pharaonic kingdom more than 2,000 years ago? How did they celebrate their feasts and festivals? Why did their cities vanish? These and more questions are answered in this book in the original text by accomplished science writer Jürgen Bischoff, and photos by one of the world's most respected underwater photographers Christoph Gerigk, many of which appear here for the first time in print. Exhibition: The British Museum, London, UK (19.5.-27.11.2016), Rietberg Museum, Zürich, Switzerland (10.2.-13.8.2017)

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

OHX

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs