The Iseum of the Royal Island of Antirodos

by Franck Goddio

The island of Antirhodos, isolated from the contemporary Alexandrian shoreline, was according to Strabo the property of kings (Geography 17.1.9). It was here in the third century BC that the Ptolemies built a palace and on a monumental quayside reaching back towards the city a temple dedicated to the goddess Isis. Facing out into the harbor, the Iseum would have been a striking landmark in the scenography of Alexandria, placing Isis in the heart of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905905513
• ISBN13: 9781905905515
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Oxford Centre for Maritime Archaeology