This new national annual event aims to raise awareness among a large and diverse audience about archaeological heritage, known and to be discovered, as well as contemporary archaeology: its professions, its disciplines, its methods.
These days will be an opportunity to discover or rediscover the history of Nice with a fresh perspective, through numerous visits and conferences, from new angles and in original conditions.
Several locations in Nice will be particularly highlighted:
The Terra Amata Museum of Human Paleontology,
The Archaeological Museum of Nice-Cemenelum,
The amphitheater and the archaeological site of Nice-Cemenelum.
With the help of several specialists and professionals, especially the archaeologists from the City of Nice’s services, it will be possible to discover a sometimes mysterious, always fabulous past through various locations and collections, in order to better understand the city’s treasures.
EVENT PROGRAM
Saturday, May 21, 2011
In search of our past: archaeologists write History
Conference
Location: auditorium of the archaeological museum of Nice-Cemenelum 160, avenue des Arènes – Nice
2:00 PM to 2:45 PM: The Prehistory of Nice and its County Bertrand Roussel, Director of Collections at the Terra Amata Museum of Human Paleontology (City of Nice)
2:00 PM to 3:15 PM: The ancient city of Cemenelum: the amphitheater and the archaeological site of Cimiez Alain Grandieux, Archaeologist-Ceramologist (Archaeology Service, City of Nice)
3:15 PM to 4:00 PM: Roman Cimiez through Latin inscriptions Stéphane Morabito, Historian-Archaeologist (Archaeology Service, City of Nice)
4:15 PM to 5:00 PM: The Castle Hill or the rediscovery of Nice from the end of Antiquity to the Middle Ages Marc Bouiron, Director of the Archaeology Service (City of Nice)
5:00 PM to 5:45 PM: The latest from Nice archaeology: preventive archaeology operations Romuald Mercurin, Archaeologist (Archaeology Service, City of Nice) Free entry subject to availability
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Tracing our archaeological heritage
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM: Discovering the hidden treasures of the Terra Amata Museum of Human Paleontology Guided tour of the museum's reserves in groups of 10 Location: Terra Amata Museum of Human Paleontology 25, boulevard Carnot – Nice
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM: Guided tour of the Cimiez archaeological site
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM: Guided tour of the Cimiez amphitheater By reservation at 04 93 81 59 57 with Olivier Ghiringhelli Location: archaeological museum of Nice-Cemenelum 160, avenue des Arènes de Cimiez – Nice
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM: Conference on "The Egyptian origin of the alphabet" Rina Viers, Hebrew teacher, President of the Alphabets association Location: auditorium of the archaeological museum of Nice-Cemenelum
Free entry
Saturday, May 21, and Sunday, May 22, 2011
In pursuit of our treasures
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM: come and rediscover or discover freely: The permanent collections of the archaeological museum of Nice-Cemenelum
The exhibition “The object in question” focusing on bone craftsmanship and weaving offered by Inrap in the presence of Isabelle Rodet-Belarbi, archaeozoologist (Inrap-Cépam), and Carole Cheval, Prehistory PhD (Saturday afternoon and Sunday)
The continuous screening: "Preventive archaeology in question" source Inrap - Location: archaeological museum of Nice-Cemenelum
The permanent collections of the Terra Amata Museum of Human Paleontology – Location: Terra Amata Museum of Human Paleontology
Free entry
