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Alexandria: New Archaeological Perspectives on the City and its Legendary Lighthouse
October 14 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Sponsored by: AIA-Puget Sound Society, University of Washington
AIA Society: Puget Sound
International Archaeology Day 2025 and UW Classics Ridgway Lecture. Presenter: Dr. Thomas Faucher (Centre d’Études Alexandrines)
For three decades, the Centre d’Études Alexandrines has reshaped our understanding of Alexandria, moving its history from ancient texts to a tangible reality. Terrestrial digs reveal the city’s daily life, while underwater excavations at the site of the legendary Lighthouse have yielded spectacular monumental discoveries. These integrated findings present a multi-layered city, allowing us to write a new history of Alexandria grounded in its material culture of adaptation and reuse.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 5:30 – 7pm
University of Washington, Dempsey 112 and on Zoom (link here)
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