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Franck Goddio (born 1947 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French underwater archaeologist who, in 2000, discovered the city of Herakleion–Thonis 7 km off the Egyptian shore in Aboukir Bay.〔"Where Legends lived : Lost for more than a Millenium, Ancient Cities give up their secrets." Sunday Times Magazine 20 August 2000〕 He led the excavation of the submerged site of Eastern Canopus and of Antirhodos in the ancient harbour of Alexandria (Portus Magnus).〔"Cleopatra’s Play ground revealed", The Times, 4 November 1996〕 He has also excavated ships in the waters of the Philippines, significantly the Spanish Galleon San Diego. ==Biography== Goddio received degrees in mathematics and statistics from the École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique in Paris. He was employed as an advisor to national and international organizations and various governments for over 15 years. In the early 1980s he decided to focus on underwater archaeology. In 1987 he founded the Institut Européen d'archéologie Sous-Marine (IEASM)〔(Institut Européen d'archéologie Sous-Marine Website )〕 in Paris. In his work in detecting and recovering ancient shipwrecks and searching for the remains of sunken cities, Goddio developed a systematic approach to underwater archaeology. He has found or excavated over a dozen sunken ships of historic importance, which had been resting on the ocean bed for hundreds of years. Among them are junks dating from the 11th to the 15th century, the Spanish galleon ''San Diego''〔"San Diego: An Account of Adventure, Deceit, and Intrigue," July 1994, National Geographic, Vol. 186, N°1〕 and San José (1694), Napoleon Bonaparte's flagship ''Orient'' and two East Indiamen: Griffin (1761) and ''Royal Captain'', lost in 1773. Goddio adheres to strict archaeological standards〔(UNESCO film )〕 during the exploration and excavation phases, and closely cooperates with national and local authorities, leading archaeological experts and institutions. In 2003, in co-operation with Oxford University, he helped to found the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology. In 2009 he was appointed a Senior Visiting Lecturer in the School of Archaeology at Oxford University. In the same year he received the French National Order of the Legion of Honour (Légion d´Honneur). Goddio’s research projects have been financed by the Hilti Foundation since 1996. He has written several books and scientific articles, reporting on research projects and excavations. Several TV documentaries have also been produced and aired throughout the world. In addition, various exhibitions have presented the finds and made them accessible to a wide audience. The discovery of a cup inscribed with a reference (in Greek) to "Christ", dating from the second century C.E., received international publicity.〔() "Science", ''NBC News'', 1 October 2008. "Earliest Reference Describes Christ as 'Magician'."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franck Goddio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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