Leptis Magna (Libya) |
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A geophysical survey was commissioned and financed by Marco Polo Storica in order to investigate the state of preservation of the ancient remains along the coastal zone of Leptis Magna as part of a wider project to manage the conservation of the coastline of this ancient city. It was undertaken by a joint team from the Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton (APSS) and the British School at Rome, and with the support of the Society for Libyan Studies. |
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The geophysical survey was undertaken through collaboration between Marco Polo Storica, the University of Southampton (UK), the British School at Rome (UK) and the Università degli Studi Roma Tre (IT) under the scientific direction of Professor Simon Keay and Professor Luisa Musso, and with work in the field being undertaken by Sophie Hay (APSS), Stephen Kay (BSR), Robert Fry and Nicola Schiavottiello. |
The survey focused upon the sea-front areas to the west and east of the town, and has shed valuable light upon the state of preservation of sea-front structures, and, to the east, the line of the late antique defences and the cemetery area between the port and the amphitheatre. |
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This joint research project with the Society for Libyan Studies, directed by Josephine Crawley Quinn with Simon Keay and Andrew Wilson, has organised a series of panels and workshops on Phoenician and Punic history, culture and connections, particularly in the Western Mediterranean. Papers arising from the project will published in the Papers of the British School at Rome 2009 and the Bolletino di Archaeologia Online, as well as in a collection of essays from a conference on "Identifying the Punic Mediterranean" held at the BSR in November 2008, which is currently being edited by Josephine Crawley Quinn and Nicholas Vella. |
