The other three sites under excavation are progressing well :

The excavation, to the west of the town in the Kom el Nadoura district, of a cistern from the Ottoman era is allowing us for the first time to clear out the superstructure of one of these immense reservoirs, part of which runs under the neighbouring street. We will hopefully gain a better understanding of how the water was drawn up, notably by means of a saqieh (water wheel).

The Fouad Street site, on land owned by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, has already revealed occupation from the Ottoman period including requarrying of the lower strata. Now we are reaching in part layers from the 2nd century BC with archaeological material of high quality.

The restoration work being carried out on Qaitbay Fort has allowed for some exploratory trenches within this Mamlouk castle. Some structures from the Hellenistic era are appearing as well as towers and walls from the time of Sultan Qaitbay that had been covered by remodellings from the Mohamed Ali period.

And finally, closing the Lux site freed us up to open, on 25 September, a new dig.

As for the underwater excavations, they continued in both spring and autumn of 2002 :

On the monumental site lying under some 6 to 8 metres of sea off Qaitbay Fort we continue the cartography using an Aquameter, an underwater acoustic measuring tool that we obtained last year.
The discovery of fragments of colossal statues is helping us to complete the grand group of three royal couples. Piece by piece the puzzle fits together. Likewise we are beginning to understand the arrangement of the architectural blocks. During the past year a monumental door of Aswan granite, standing 11.65 metres beneath the lintel, has been graphically reconstituted from the elements found on the seabed: two jambs, a curved lintel in the Egyptian style as well as the slabs with a hinge system for a double door. We are dealing with the doorway to an extremely large monument, most probably the Pharos itself. The proximity of the doorway to the colossal statuary poses and interesting problem for the reconstitution of the ancient layout of the site.

Meanwhile, the documentation of the shipwrecks progresses with the drawing of the amphoras of QB2, and the location of a new shipwreck, thanks to a team of Greek geophysicists from Patras, appears promising. It is settled in the mud and holds a cargo of Late Roman 1 amphoras. For the moment, only the top layer of fused amphoras is visible. We will have to define a strategy for this new site, and, of course, adequate financing.