International Symposium Ancient 45th Anniversary of the French Archaeological Mission to Libya 17,18 AND 19 MAY 2021 Institut national d’histoire de l’art (National Institute of Art History) On-line symposium with simultaneous interpretation Arabic, English and French

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Tripolitania©Loic Mazou, Fezzan©Taha al Jawashi, ©Antiquities Department of Antiquities of Libya, Cyrene statue©Gilles Mermet

17 MAY 2021

9.30 AM Welcome address by Eric de Chassey, Director of the National Institute of Art History/ Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA)

Introduction by the organisers, Cécile Colonna, Scientific Advisor (INHA) and Vincent Michel, Director of the French Archaeological Mission to Libya/ Mission archéologique française de Libye (MAFL)

Introduction by Ambassadors Béatrice Le Fraper du Hellen, French Ambassador to Libya and Hamed El Houderi, Libyan Ambassador to France

Inaugural sessions

10 AM Nicolas Grimal Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and Libya

10.30 AM Dr. Mohamed Fallos The Protection of the archaeological heritage and wealth of

Dr. Ahmed Hussein The Protection of the archaeological heritage wealth of Cyrenaica

11.10 AM Break

Session I – History and Archaeology Chair : Charles Personnaz National Institute of Heritage / Institut nationale du patrimoine (InP)

11.30 AM François Chevrollier The birth of archaeology in Libya (XVIII - XIX century)

11.50 AM Vincent Michel The French Archaeological Mission: 45 years of research in Libya

12.10 PM Claude Sintès Under water activities the French Archaeological Mission in Libya

12.30 PM Discussion and lunch

2.30 PM Massimiliano Munzi and Claudio Parisi Presicce 1911 - 1943: Archaeology in Libya, from one war to the other

2.50 PM Luisa Musso The Italian archaeological missions in Tripolitania (1952-2021): From a complex mediation with the past to the need for a new order 3.10 PM Discussion and break

Panel Discussion – History and Heritage Moderator: Vincent Michel (MAFL)

3.40 PM Mounir Bouchenaki, former Director General of World Heritage at UNESCO and former Director General of ICCROM

Lazare Eloundou, Director of Culture and Emergencies at UNESCO

Nicolas Grimal, Honorary professor at Collège de France, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres

Gilles Kepel, Professor at Ecole Normale Supérieure, Middle East and Mediterranean programme Chair

Jean-Luc Martinez, Director of the Louvre Museum

18 MAY 2021

Session 2 - Prehistory and Protohistory Chair: Alcira Sandoval (UNESCO)

9.30 AM Graeme Barker Coping with climate change: the 150,000 year-long record of the Haua Fteah cave (Cyrenaica, Libya)

9.50 AM Elodie de Faucamberge Results of Prehistoric research (2006-2012) within the French Archaeological Mission for Ancient Libya in northern Cyrenaica, Libya

10.10 AM Jean-Loïc Le Quellec Akukas and Mesāk: what are the prospects?

10.30 AM Discussion and break

11 AM David Mattingly Early Oasis Peoples in Libyan History

11.20 AM Ahmad Emrage Gsur (or Qasr) in the countryside of Cyrenaica

11.40 AM Mohamed Fakroun and Monique Longerstay Exploration of five Sirte valleys (1990-1999)

12 PM Discussion and lunch Session 3 – Libyans, and Phoenicians Chair : Catherine Dobias Lalou (MAFL)

2.30 PM Hugues Berthelot Cyrenaica : “ its sceptres, its people and its cities”. Epigraphy, “from Barka to , from Khôra to overseas”

2.50 PM Sophie Marini Cyrenaican Silphium and the Libyan tribes

3.10 PM Oscar Mei Cyrene – the city and its sanctuaries

3.30 PM Oliva Menozzi Cyrene, the necropolises and Khôra

3.50 PM Discussion and break

4.20 PM Hedi Dridi Reflections on the genesis and growth of emporia in Tripolitania

4.40 PM Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo Punic Tripolitania

5 PM Gianpaolo Nadalini The image of an Athenian celebration on a pélikè from , Cyrenaica

5.20 PM Discussion

19 MAY 2021

Session 3 – Libyans, Greeks and Phoenicians (contd.) Chair : Ludovic Laugier (The Louvre Museum)

9.30 AM Jean-Sylvain Caillou The Apollonia site - between land and sea

9.50 AM Jerzy Zelazowski Ptolemais in Cyrenaica (Libya) from Ptolemaic foundation to Roman city (4th – 1st c. BC).

10.10 AM Khaled El Haddar Taucheira - between archaeology and history

10.30 AM Discussion and break Session 4 - Romans, Byzantines and Arabs Chair : Michel Bonifay (CNRS - centre Camille Jullian)

11 AM Corinne Sandoz Water supply and distribution in the Roman Era in Tripolitania

11.20 AM Michel Paulin Thermal baths of the Levant: excavation site of a seaside resort near the Port

11.40 AM Anna Leone The Christianisation of Tripolitania

12 PM Anis Mkacher The image Arab conquerors of Byzantine : models and borrowings from a historiographic construction

12.20 PM Discussion and lunch

Session 5 - A new page for Libyan heritage Chair : Oliva Menozzi (université de Chieti)

2.30 PM Paul Bennett Building a better tomorrow for Libyan Heritage

2.50 PM Susan Kane Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Post-Revolution Libya

3.10 PM Discussion

3.30 PM Yves Ubelmann Libya in 3 D: a way to preserve and study

3.50 PM Morgan Belzic The Cyrenaican funerary deities through centuries : transformations of a symbol

4.10 PM Discussion

4.30 PM Concluding : Hafed Walda, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Libya to UNESCO

4.50 PM Conclusion : Cécile Colonna (INHA) and Vincent Michel (MAFL) International Ancient Libya Symposium 45th Anniversary of the French Archaeological 17, 18 AND 19 Mission to Libya MAY 2021 On-line Under the auspices of the French Archaeological Mission to symposium Libya and the Centre for Research on Ancient Libya, under the high patronage of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles- Institut national Lettres, in partnership with the Louvre Museum and the d’histoire de l’art HeRMA laboratory (University of Poitiers). With the support of (National Institute the Libyan European and Foreign Affairs Ministry, and Total, of Art History) Libya. 2 rue Vivienne ou 6 rue des Petits- Scientific Committee Champs, Morgan Belzic (INHA – MAFL), François Chevrollier (MAFL- 75 002 Paris INP), Cécile Colonna (INHA), Catherine Dobias Lalou (MAFL), Ludovic Laugier (Louvre Museum), Vincent Michel (MAFL- Metro stations HeRMA) Line 3 : Bourse Lines 1 and 7 : Participant List Palais Royal – Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo (université of Rome – Musée du Louvre La Sapienza), Graeme Barker (Cambridge University), Hugues Lines 7 et 14 : Berthelot (MAFL - University of Angers), Paul Bennett Pyramides ( Archaeological Trust), Morgan Belzic (INHA – MAFL), Jean-Sylvain Caillou (MAFL), François Chevrollier For more (MAFL – INP), Hedi Dridi (University of Neuchâtel), Khaled El information Haddar (University of ), Ahmad Emrage (University Reception INHA : of Benghazi), Mohamed Fakroun (Antiquities Department, +33 1 47 03 89 00 Libya), Mohammed Fallos (Antiquities Department, Libya), www.inha.fr Elodie de Faucamberge (MAFL - Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie), Nicolas Grimal (AIBL), Ahmed Hussein Place, Timings & (Antiquities Department, Libya), Susan Kane (Oberlin College), Registration : Practical Anna Leone (Durham University), Jean-Loïc Le Quellec (Institut information is subject des mondes africains – CNRS), Monique Longerstay (MAFL), to change Gianpaolo Nadalini (MAFL), Sophie Marini (MAFL), David Please consult our Mattingly ( University), Oscar Mei (University of website regularly Urbino), Oliva Menozzi (University of Chieti), Anis Mkacher www.inha.fr (MAFL - Aoroc - CNRS), Vincent Michel (MAFL – HeRMA), Massimiliano Munzi (the Capitoline Superintendency for https://libyeantique. cultural property), Luisa Musso (University of Rome - hypotheses.org Tre), Claudio Parisi Presicce (the Capitoline Superintendency for cultural property, Rome), Corinne Sandoz (Yverdon Museum and region), Claude Sintès (MAFL), Yves Ubelmann (Iconem), Jerzy Zelazowski (Ptolemais Polish Mission – University of Warsaw)

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