Conferences - Events

The Roman rock-cut fish tanks (piscinae) are coastal constructions of particular value not only because they provide important knowledge about construction techniques......

The Polo Museale Civico di Santa Marinella ‘Museo del Mare e della Navigazione Antica’, the Society for the Study of Ancient Coastlines (AKTES) and the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) co-organise an International Workshop titled “The Roman fish tanks of the Mediterranean: constraints and interpretations for the definition of sea level changes during the last 2000 years”, which will be held in person and online (hybrid) at the Castello di Santa Severa (Pyrgi, Rome, Italy) between 20 and 22 September 2022....

This scientific conference, first in a series of meetings aiming at tracing the shoreline of ancient coastal installations, will focus on ports and harbours of the eastern Mediterranean, tracking their historical evolution in time through the spatial reconstruction of the coastal landscape. ...

Lecture by Kurt Lambeck, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics: “Sea level change in the Mediterranean from prehistoric times to the present: geophysical causes and consequences”....