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"Archaeology is known as a practical science in which some enthusiastic amateurs have excelled quite as much as academics. The underwater branch especially attracts scholars, bona fide amateurs, and treasure-hunting salvors. Some articles in this volume reflect the long-standing rivalry between commercial salvors and archaeologists." "Writings are collected from a variety of sources: lecture notes, formal papers presented at academic conferences,...

Color pictorial descriptions of recent successful efforts by divers to recover treasures and artifacts from sunken ships, the sea floor, et al.

Describes some of the important finds in marine archaeology and what they have revealed about ships and the people who built and sailed them.

Williams recounts the maritime history of the ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria and profiles modern developments in underwater archaeology that are revealing a wide range of long-submerged artifacts from the city's glorious past.

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...

B & T County 08-20-2001 $45.00.