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Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej: Marina 1990
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MARINA 1990
by Wiktor A. Daszewski
The 1990 season of excavations at Marina el-Alamein was carried out by an
archaeological mission sponsored by the PCMA ar.d lasted from February, 20 till March,
22.' Work continued in the same area covered in the previous seasons, on the site of an
ancient settlement where today a large tourist centre Marina el-Alamein is under
construction. Envisioned for a clientele in the thousands, the modern centre will
include, beside a developed living complex consisting of villas, apartment houses and
hotels, a yacht marina located Inside the lagoon, the same which in Antiquity must have
served as a harbour for coastal navigation between Alexandria and Cyrenaica.^
Polish excavations are concentrated on the necropolis in the southwestern part
of the ancient settlement. To the extent allowed by circumstances the area covered by
the ancient city was surveyed again and the monuments discovered accidentally in the
course of construction works in 1986-1987 continued to be recorded.
On the necropolis the mission continued the exploration of a complex of tombs
located closest to the limits of the settlement. This complex was discovered and partly 1
1 Prof. W. A. Daszewski was in charge of the mission which
included Prof. Zofia Sztetylio, archaeologist and epigraphist,
Dr. Maria Kaczmarek, anthropologist, Mr. Grzegorz Majcherek and
Miss Iwona Zych, archaeologists, Mr. Jarostaw Dobrowolski,
architect and Mr. Stefan Sadowski, photographer. Mr. Kazimierz
Btaszczyk participated in the work periodically. Following
excavations Messrs. J. Dobrowolski and K. Biaszczyk, working
under the terms of an agreement with the EAO, completed a full
anastylosis of one of the tombs (T 1) and reinforced parts of
the others. See J. Dobrowolski, p. 44ff.
The EAO was represented by an inspector, Mr. Ramadan Musa.
At this point the mission would like to express its sincere
gratitude for the help it received in the course of its work to
Dr. Ali el-Kholy, Director General of the EAO for the Western
Delta, Mr. Faisal Ashmawy, Director General of the Inspectorate
of Marsa Matruh, and Mr. Ezzat el-Hammahmy, General Inspector of
the EAO in El Hammam.
1 For the identification of the ancient centre on the basis
of ancient literary sources, see W. A. Daszewski et al., MDAIK
46, 1990.
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by Wiktor A. Daszewski
The 1990 season of excavations at Marina el-Alamein was carried out by an
archaeological mission sponsored by the PCMA ar.d lasted from February, 20 till March,
22.' Work continued in the same area covered in the previous seasons, on the site of an
ancient settlement where today a large tourist centre Marina el-Alamein is under
construction. Envisioned for a clientele in the thousands, the modern centre will
include, beside a developed living complex consisting of villas, apartment houses and
hotels, a yacht marina located Inside the lagoon, the same which in Antiquity must have
served as a harbour for coastal navigation between Alexandria and Cyrenaica.^
Polish excavations are concentrated on the necropolis in the southwestern part
of the ancient settlement. To the extent allowed by circumstances the area covered by
the ancient city was surveyed again and the monuments discovered accidentally in the
course of construction works in 1986-1987 continued to be recorded.
On the necropolis the mission continued the exploration of a complex of tombs
located closest to the limits of the settlement. This complex was discovered and partly 1
1 Prof. W. A. Daszewski was in charge of the mission which
included Prof. Zofia Sztetylio, archaeologist and epigraphist,
Dr. Maria Kaczmarek, anthropologist, Mr. Grzegorz Majcherek and
Miss Iwona Zych, archaeologists, Mr. Jarostaw Dobrowolski,
architect and Mr. Stefan Sadowski, photographer. Mr. Kazimierz
Btaszczyk participated in the work periodically. Following
excavations Messrs. J. Dobrowolski and K. Biaszczyk, working
under the terms of an agreement with the EAO, completed a full
anastylosis of one of the tombs (T 1) and reinforced parts of
the others. See J. Dobrowolski, p. 44ff.
The EAO was represented by an inspector, Mr. Ramadan Musa.
At this point the mission would like to express its sincere
gratitude for the help it received in the course of its work to
Dr. Ali el-Kholy, Director General of the EAO for the Western
Delta, Mr. Faisal Ashmawy, Director General of the Inspectorate
of Marsa Matruh, and Mr. Ezzat el-Hammahmy, General Inspector of
the EAO in El Hammam.
1 For the identification of the ancient centre on the basis
of ancient literary sources, see W. A. Daszewski et al., MDAIK
46, 1990.
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