MUSEUM of ANCIENT CULTURES

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T H E S I L K R O A D

J O U R N E Y

Graduation Project

Name: EZZELDIN TAHA SEYED

University: Alexandria University EGYPT, Faculty of Fine Arts, Architecture Department

This project, Museum of Ancient Culture the Silk Road journey which is located in Marina el Alamein In Egypt is shaping a perception the revive of “lucaseps”the old Greco- Roman village. This village has a historical background and it’s the heritage of El Alamein city, it’s connected with other villages and ruins in the location of Maria. This area is a commercial area and it was the trade center between Egypt and the rest of the world .The museum revive the “Silk Road” history which it was the link between the old Civilizations and it unite them together, One of them is the ancient Egyptian Civilization which it was the trade center with a group of old harbors, bridging the gap between the east and the west.

يتناول مشروع متحف الحضارات القديمه الذي يقع في منطقة مارينا العلمين في مصر قضية اعادة احياء منطقه تراثيه قديمه و هي قريه"لوكاسيبس" في الفتره اليونانيه الرومانيه

هذه القريه من ضمن مجموعه كبيره من الاثار و القرى في منطقة ماريا ,تعتبر هذه المنطقه تجاريه في هذه الفتره وكانت بمثابة مركز تجاري و حلقة وصل بين مصر و باقي دول العالم

ويعيد المتحف احياء الطريق التجاري "طريق الحرير" الذي كان يمر بمجموعه من اهم الحضارات و من ضمنهم الحضاره المصريه , من اهمهم الموانئ القديمه التي كانت تقع في الاسكندريه و العلمين و مصر بشكل عام ,وهذه الموانئ كانت بمثابه حلقة الوصل والمركز التجاري بين الشرق و الغرب

HARBOUR OF LEUCASIPS

THE VISITORS JOURNEY :-

Marina el-Alamein in 2014 and 2015 included research and conservation

in the public district of the ancient town as well as in private houses. Research was

focused foremost on research, conservation and exhibition of monuments in the area

north of the central town square, especially the remains of public baths dating from

the Hellenistic period. Research and conservation continued also in the area south

of the central square, concentrating on the remains of Roman baths in use from

the 2nd to the 4th century AD. Current maintenance and conservation were carried

out in private houses and in the area south of the central square.

PANORAMA SHOT THE OLD LUECASIPS CITY

SITE ANALYSIS :

LEUCASPIS–ANTIPHARE MANAGEMENT MASTER PLAN

THE SILK ROAD :

The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that connected the East and West. It was central to cultural interaction between them for centuries.The Silk Road refers to both the terrestrial and the maritime routes connecting Asia with the Middle East, Africa and southern Europe.