Measuring the past: A look into the history of relative sea-level variations on the coast of Alexandria

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29 novembre 2019

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Jean-Philippe Goiran et Winnie May Chan, « Measuring the past: A look into the history of relative sea-level variations on the coast of Alexandria », ArchéOrient, le blog, ID : 10670/1.fkutjq


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The ancient city of Alexandria was founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great on the western edge of the Nile delta. This Egyptian-Hellenistic city was regarded as one of the main centres for Mediterranean trade and remains an important port city today. Archaeologists have been surveying and excavating the harbour for years in order to gain further insight on Alexandria’s extensive maritime past. Mahmoud-Bey (1872) and Goddio et al., (1998) discovered and mapped out Late Roman port structures f...

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