The Honor Frost Foundation

Supporting Marine and Maritime Archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean

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About HFF

The Honor Frost Foundation was founded in 2011.

Honor Frost was an early pioneer in the field of underwater archaeology. When Honor died in 2010 she left the bulk of her estate to establish the foundation to promote marine and maritime archaeology with a focus on the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Foundation’s mission is to promote the advancement and research, including publication, of maritime archaeology with particular but not exclusive focus on the Eastern Mediterranean with an emphasis on Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus.

The Foundation seeks to further its mission in the following objects:

  • To provide grants to independent scholars, individuals working in research establishments and to institutions for work on marine and maritime archaeology.
  • To publish and disseminate research work which is a result of the HFF grants and papers from the Honor Frost archive.
  • To provide grants to museums, galleries and other national institutions to assist in displaying works relevant to the study of maritime archaeology and for public education in the field.
  • To sponsor public lectures and seminars within the field of marine and maritime archaeology.
  • To support excavations of archaeological sites, including but not exclusively, ports, harbours, offshore anchorages, and ancient anchors found undersea relevant to Levantine archaeology.
  • To support conservation work relevant to marine and maritime archaeology in the region.
  • To support exchange visits of museum staff from the Lebanon, Western Syria and Cyprus.
  • To facilitate the training of individuals from the region in restoration and conservation techniques relevant to marine and maritime archaeology.
  • To foster and promote the protection of underwater cultural heritage (UCH).
Punic Ship, ribs landward. © Honor Frost Foundation
Punic Ship, ribs landward. © Honor Frost Foundation

Listen to HFF Lectures

2017
Dr Lucy Blue, Maritime-Archaeological Director Honor Frost Foundation – The vision of Honor Frost and the future of her Foundation

2016
Prof ElenaFlavia Castagnino Berlinghieri – Beyond ‘Storms War and Shipwrecks’ 60 years of Maritime Archaeology around Sicily

2015
Dr Ross Thomas and Dr Alexandra Villing – Naukratis: Mistress of ships

2014
John Carswell – In Honour of Honor: The Birth of Underwater Archeology

2014
Dr Stella Demesticha – Shipwreck Archaeology in the Mediterranean: New Times and New Challenges

2013
Dr Jon Henderson – Coming of Age: Underwater Archaeology in the 21st Century

2012
Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe – Prehistoric connectivity: the maritime dimension

Honor Frost Foundation

Maritime-Archaeological Director
Dr Lucy Blue
Foundation Administrator
Mrs Rebecca Gould
Ms Neelam Seeboruth

Trustees
Ms Alison Cathie - Chair
Mr Roger Clark - Hon Treasurer
Dr John Curtis OBE, FBA
Dr Claude Doumet-Serhal MBE
Dr Venetia Porter
Mr Peter Wolrich

HFF Advisor
Dr J D Hill

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OUR MISSION

The HFF Mission is to promote the advancement and research of maritime archaeology with a focus on the Eastern Mediterranean particularly Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus.

The HFF logo is based on an image of a ship carved on a Sarcophagus, Sidon, 2nd c. BC. © Ministry of Culture/Directorate General of Antiquities-National Museum of Beirut.

CONTACT US

Honor Frost Foundation
The British Academy
10 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5AH, UK

rebeccagould@honorfrostfoundation.org

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The Honor Frost Foundation is charity registered no. 1147921. A private company limited by guarantee in England and Wales. Company no. 08079190

Registered office: 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH