The Maritime Approaches to Ancient Byblos (Lebanon)

martine francis-allouche is a Lebanese land and underwater archaeologist. She was an archaeologist at the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities in 1996 and 1997. She is an affiliated researcher at the Collège de France and is currently pursuing a PhD in archaeology at the University of Paris I-Sorbonne. She is the co-director of the Byblos and the Sea Project. Her main interests are underwater archaeology and the study of the ancient maritime landscape of Lebanon. (421 Sabounjian Building, 3rd Floor, Jal el-Dib Highway, Lebanon; mfrancis.archeo@gmail.com)

nicolas grimal is professor of Egyptology at the Collège de France. He is a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres and is the secretary-general of the consultant Committee on Archeological Research Abroad at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is the co-director of the Byblos and the Sea Project. He has published extensively on Egyptian history, archaeology, and epigraphy. (14 Rue Saint-Guillaume, F 75007, Paris, France; ncgrimal@orange.fr)