CIRILI. CITY, RIVER & LITTORALL’extension des infrastructures de transport en zones deltaïques

La mise en valeur du patrimoine archéologique submergé àAlexandrie

Mohamed M. ABD EL-MAGUID-Département Central des Antiquités Sous-Marines,Ministère des Antiquités Egyptiennes- Center for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater CulturalHeritage , Alexandria University

The Pharos Project1994 - present

The spark

Photos : CEALEX

Photos : CEALEX

The Ptolemaic Royal Quarters

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The Ancient Towns ofCanopus & Heraklion

Department for UnderwaterAntiquities

THE HELLENIC INSTITUTE OFANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL ALEXANDRIAN STUDIES

Alexandria National Museum

International exhibitions

Bibliotheca Alexandrina Museum

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DestructionAn object that has been immersed for a longperiod in saltwater and is recovered from theseabed faces a risk of rapid deterioration whenbrought into contact with air.

LootingMany underwater archaeological sites havealready fallen prey to heavy pillage and theft.

Insufficient legal protectionIn many States, the lack of legal protection meansthat there is nothing to prevent the exploitation andappropriation of objects from underwater sites bytreasure hunters.

Threats

Bodrum Museum for UnderwaterArchaeology

Uluburun Shipwreck

Yassi AdaShipwreck

Serce Limani Shipwreck

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Protection cage was installed over a Phoenician vessel found inSpain, by the Museum of Cartagena. The cage consist of fourvertical sides formed by plates of steel. The top of the cage iscomposed of removable metal plates, allowing for further research.

Protection Cages

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Diver at protectioncage in Cavtat,Croatia.

Site protection by a metal cage in BayVlaška Mala, Island Pag,Croatia.

Protection Cages: Klačine, Island Mljet, Croatia.

Protective cage, Supetar Island,Croatia

The Underwater ArchaeologicalPark at Herod’s Sunken Harborof Sebastos (Caesarea Maritima)

Underwater Archaeological Parks

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The wreck of the USA Civil War ship, theUSS Monitor 1862, in North Carolina

(The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary)

Maritime Underwater Historical ParkFinland

http://www.nba.fi/en/mmf_park

Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology,Bodrum, Turkey.

National Maritime Museum, Haifa, Israel.Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vermont, USA.The Mariners' Museum, Virginia, USA.St Augustine Lighthouse & Museum, Florida, USA.Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle,

Australia.Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney.Maritime Archaeology Museum, Malacca, Malaysia.Estonian Maritime Museum.Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum, Bremerhaven,

Germany.Schiffahrtsmuseum Rostock, Rostock, Germany.Museum für Unterwasserarchäologie, Sassnitz,

Germany.Museum für Antike Schiffahrt, Mainz, Germany.Museum der Deutschen Binnenschiffahrt, Duisburg,

Germany.Wikinger-Museum Haithabu, Germany.Centralne Muzeum Morskie, Gdansk, Poland.Central Naval Museum, St Petersburg, Russia.Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth, England.National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK.Hastings Shipwreck Heritage Centre, Hastings, UK.Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum),

Amsterdam, Holland.Maritiem Museum, Rotterdam, Holland.National Maritime Museum, Antwerpen, BelgiumMusée de la Marine, Paris.

Museo delle Navi Romane, Fiumicino, Rome.Nino Lamboglia Museum, La Maddalena, Sardinia,

Italy.Museo Archeologico Regionale Baglio Anselmi,

Marsala, Sicily, Italy.Museo Nacional de Arqueología Submarina,

Cartagena, Spain.Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona, Spain.Museu de Marinha, Lisbon, Portugal.Hellenic Maritime Museum, Piraeus, Greece.Aegean Maritime Museum, Mykonos, Greece.Swedish National Maritime Museum, Stockholm.Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.Swedish Naval Museum, Karlskrona.Kalmar County Museum, Sweden.Vänermuseet, Lidköping, Sweden.Medieval Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.Maritime Museum of Finland, Helsinki.Åland Maritime Museum, Finland.Provincial Museum of Kymenlaakso, Kotka, FinlandNorwegian Maritime Museum, Oslo.Vikingskipshuset, Oslo, Norway.Norwegian Naval Museum, Horten, Norway.The Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark.Ladby Ship Museum, Kerteminde, Fyn, Denmark.Maritime Museum of Denmark, Helsingør, Denmark.Danish Naval Museum, Copenhagen.

Maritime Museums and Museums for Underwater Archaeology

http://www.archaeomap.eu/

http://www.uri.edu/mua/

http://www.machuproject.eu/index-machu.html

MACHU (Managing Cultural Heritage Underwater)

http://www.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/archeologiasottomarina/

Charter on the Protection and Management ofUnderwater Cultural Heritage (1996)

(ratified by the 11th ICOMOS General Assembly,held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 5-9

October 1996)

Fundamental Principles

• The preservation of underwater cultural heritagein situ should be considered as a first option.

• Public access should be encouraged.

• Non-destructive techniques, non-intrusivesurvey and sampling should be encouraged inpreference to excavation.

• Investigation must be accompanied by adequatedocumentation.

The UNESCO Conventionon the Protection of

the UnderwaterCultural Heritage

January 2009

AnnexRules concerning activities directed at underwater

cultural heritage

I. General principles

Rule 1. The protection of underwater cultural heritagethrough in situ preservation shall be considered as thefirst option. Accordingly, activities directed atunderwater cultural heritage shall be authorized in amanner consistent with the protection of that heritage,and subject to that requirement may be authorized forthe purpose of making a significant contribution toprotection or knowledge or enhancement ofunderwater cultural heritage.

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Choosing the Quait Bey Fortress

.ѣIt is a well known building, very famous for tourists.

.It is the aim of one of the former governments.

.ѫIt is the aim of this government as well.

.өThe presence of northern passages for the diving center.

.ѳThe presence of two doors leading to the diving site.

.ѵThe assumed diving center is just a few foot steps awayfrom the diving site.

.ґThe presence of many vacant rooms aliened with thediving center, which would fit as a culture center.

Diving Center

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