Marina el-Alamein : preservation and conservation in 2005

The Polish-Egyptian Preservation Mission carried out the eleventh season of work at the site of Marina el-Alamein from April 13 to May 30, 2005.1 The work program in 2005 was focused on the ruins of housing from the Graeco-Roman period: H1, H2 and H21c, situated in the northern part of the ancient town, and on tombs T6 and T12 in the western end of the town's necropolis [Fig. 1]. Due to circumstances beyond the mission's control, the pace of the conservation and restoration work had to be adjusted to available means and building materials leftover from the previous seasons. Even so, the effects of the season’s work cannot be said to be insubstantial.