The Excavations at Nelson Island, Egypt. Archaeological Rescue Excavations of the University of Torino (Italy) 1997-2016
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Nelson Island is located in the Mediterranean Sea, in the bay of Aboukir, 4 km off Aboukir Cape and 18 km from the centre of Alexandria. After the Battle of the Nile (1798), the British Navy occupied “Abukir Island”, which the soldiers re-named “Nelson...