As part of the activities carried out by the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology, and in an attempt to fill a gap in Arabic literature in that field, Dr. Emad Khalil, professor of Maritime Archaeology at Alexandria University and former president of the ICOMOS International Committee on the Underwater Cultural Heritage published a book titled: الآثار البحرية والتراث الثقافي الغارق “Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage”. The book was published with the support of the Honor Frost Foundation and the EU-TEMPUS program.
The book aims to introduce Arabic readers to the different aspects of exploring, preserving and presenting maritime and underwater archaeological resources. The book addresses both specialists and the general readers interested in underwater archaeology. Hence, it broadly covers a number of key issues related to the theoretical and practical foundations of maritime archaeology. This will certainly be a big contribution to the ratification and proper implementation of the UNESCO 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage in the region.
