Research Catalog

Title

The BP exhibition : sunken cities : Egypt's lost worlds / edited by Franck Goddio and Aurélia Masson-Berghoff.

Publication

London : Thames & Hudson Ltd., in collaboration with the British Museum, 2016.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Goddio, Franck
• Masson-Berghoff, Aurélia
• British Museum, host institution.

Description

272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plan; 30 cm

Summary

Beneath the waters of Abukir Bay, at the edge of the Nile Delta, lie the submerged remains of the ancient Egyptian cities Canopus and Thonis-Heracleion, which sank over 1,000 years ago but were dramatically rediscovered in the 20th century and brought to the surface by marine archaeologists in the 1990s. These pioneering underwater excavations continue today, and have yielded a wealth of ancient artefacts, to be exhibited in Britain for the first time in 2016. Through these spectacular finds, this book tells the story of how two iconic ancient civilizations, Egypt and Greece, interacted in the late first millennium bc. From the foundation of Naukratis and Thonis-Heracleion as trading posts to the conquest of Alexander the Great, through the ensuing centuries of Ptolemaic rule to the ultimate dominance of the Roman Empire on the world stage, Greeks and Egyptians lived alongside one another in these lively cities, sharing their politics, religious ideas, languages, scripts and customs. Greek kings adopted the regalia of the pharaoh; ordinary Greek citizens worshipped in Hellenic sanctuaries next to Egyptian temples; and their ancient gods and mythologies became ever more closely intertwined. This book showcases a spectacular collection of artefacts, coupled with a retelling of the history by world-renowned experts in the subject (including the sites' long-term excavator), bringing the reader face-to-face with this vibrant ancient society. Accompanies the most sensational exhibition of ancient Egyptian and Greek discoveries to be held in the UK for decades, opening at the British Museum.

Alternative Title

• Sunken cities : Egypt's lost worlds
• Egypt's lost worlds

Subject

• Underwater archaeology > Egypt > Nile River Delta > Exhibitions
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Nile River Delta > Exhibitions
• Nile River Delta (Egypt) > Antiquities > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "This publication accompanies the BP exhibition Sunken Cities : Egypt's lost worlds at the British Museum from 19 May to 27 November 2016. It has been produced with the Hilti Foundation and the Institut Européen d'Archéologie Sous-Marine, in collaboration with the Ministry of Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt."--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-257) and index.

Contents

Rediscovering Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus / Franck Goddio and Damian Robinson -- Egypt and Greece: early encounters / Aurélia Masson-Berghoff and Alexandra Villing -- Greek kings and Egyptian gods / Aurélia Masson-Berghoff and Franck Goddio -- From myth to festivals / Franck Goddio and Aurélia Masson-Berghoff -- Egypt and Rome / Ross Thomas and Damian Robinson.

Call Number

JFF 17-193

ISBN

• 9780500051856
• 0500051852
• 9780500292372
• 050029237X

LCCN

2016932437

OCLC

951667944

Title

The BP exhibition : sunken cities : Egypt's lost worlds / edited by Franck Goddio and Aurélia Masson-Berghoff.

Publisher

London : Thames & Hudson Ltd., in collaboration with the British Museum, 2016.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-257) and index.

Added Author

Goddio, Franck, editor.

Masson-Berghoff, Aurélia, editor.

British Museum, host institution.

Research Call Number

JFF 17-193