Since 2003, with the support of the French regional authority of Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, an educational outreach service has been involved in encouraging young Alexandrians to learn about and take an interest in the rich heritage of their town. Thus, in April 2007, the pupils of Champollion School in Alexandria became, for a few days, genuine archaeologists in the yard of their very own school where they joined a “real mock” excavation organised by those who do that work as a profession, the members of the Centre d’Etudes Alexandrines. The film follows this exciting adventure from the preparation of dig site until the final results.

A film by Mylène BLANC and Guilhem CROUSILLAT
Production : CNRS (USR 3134) - Centre d’Etudes Alexandrines
16 minutes - © 2006 - CNRS / CEAlex
• camera : Mylène BLANC, Guilhem CROUSILLAT
• editing : Mylène BLANC, Guilhem CROUSILLAT
• still photography : Mylène BLANC
• Voices : Renee GIAN , Colin CLEMENT
• translation : Colin CLEMENT
• Music : David GOBBE

A big CONGRATULATIONS to the apprentice archaeologists:
Farida ABD El AZIZ, Hala ABD EL DAYEM, Selim ABOU ISMAÏL,
Farida AHMED, Salim BACAR, Rana BADAWI, Hassan EL HASSADY,
Omar FATA, Hassan FAYED, Mohamed ISMAÏL NAZIH, Nada MANSI,
Alaa MOSA, Malak ORFY, May ORFY

As well as all the members of Class 6 at Champollion School
Many thanks to Champollion School, especially to:
Marc VALENTIN, Julien ENTE, Benjamin TREILLARD

And to the team of the Centre d'Etudes Alexandrines, especially :
Jean-Yves EMPEREUR, Marwa ABD EL GAWAD, Catherine SABRY, Louis BOCHATON, Francis CHOËL, Mohamed NABIL, Marine ESTRANGIN, Patricia RIFA, Mahmoud FATHI , ABD EL MEGUID, Marie JACQUEMIN, Khaled MOHAMED, Moustafa ABD EL AZIZ, Raymond COLLET, André PELLE, Valérie PICHOT et aussi : Jean-Claude GOLVIN, Aude GROS DE BELLER, Nathalie ABOU ISAAC, Stéphane PACHOT, Yoann BLANC

CEAlex 16’ MA12EN