Heterogeneity of Ancient Alexandria and Subsidence Phenomena

Soliman Mohamed Ahmed; Abdel Fattah Tharwat Ahmed; Zaghloul El-Sayed Abbas; Abbas Abbas Mohamed; El-Sayed Hossam; el-Shafie Amr

doi:10.14866/ajg.2020s.0_81

Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers, Spring 2020

Session ID : 801

DOI https://doi.org/10.14866/ajg.2020s.0_81

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Host: The Association of Japanese Geographers

Name : Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers, Spring 2020

Date : March 27, 2020 - March 29, 2020

Abstract

Heterogeneity of Ancient Alexandria and Subsidence Phenomena

*Mohamed Ahmed Soliman, Tharwat Ahmed Abdel Fattah, El-Sayed Abbas Zaghloul, Abbas Mohamed Abbas, Hossam El-Sayed, Amr el-Shafie

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Keywords: Ancient Alexandria, subsidence phenomena, GPR, Urban cultural heritage, Cartographic maps

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Abstract

Subsidence phenomena derived from the archaeological layers of ancient Alexandria threatens its urban cultural heritage. Integrated collaboration created to investigate that disaster. Three areas have been examined using unique Russian system LOZA-V GPR technique, which are Khartum Square, Sultan Husain and Nabi Danial Streets.

The investigated sites were identified based on cartographic maps and previous archaeological information. The system was attached to 200 MHz bi-static antenna operated is point mode. The data is significant and indicates to possibility of usable archaeological remains. Some other features were noticed which require additional geophysical techniques. Therefore, integrated project is required.

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