Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (12.2000(2001))

ALEXANDRIA

EGYPT

The surviving edges of the mosaic with
dolphins discovered here have been
protected and a column from the triclinium
of this villa was subjected to treatment and
raised.
Annual conservation activities in the
theater included replacement of two
eroded stones of the audience wall;

a fragment of the brick gutter above the
corridor arcades (ambulacrum), which had
been destroyed by trespassers, was
reconstructed. The planned anastylosis of
two newly uncovered columns in the
theater portico was delayed until the
coming season as a result of changed
priorities.

THE "ZONA MONUMENTALE" PROJECT

Designing work for the second stage of the
"Zona Monumentale" project, an archaeo-
logical park on Kom el-Dikka, has started.
Far-going help from SCA Secretary
General, as well as the Governor of
Alexandria, may help in bringing the
project to a quick finish. The design
concerns not only landscaping around the
baths on the western and northern sides,
but also the erection along the south-

western theater facade of a new staircase.
Also a new audience will be designed on
the west slope opposite the structure.
A causeway alongside the western facade
of the cisterns permitting visitors to
enter and see some of the underground
cellars of the service area of the baths is
also on the boards. It is intended that this
program be completed in the years 2000-
2005.

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