Surveying Mediterranean shipwrecks to understand ancient Greek maritime networks

Professor Mantha Zarmakoupi is the Morris Russell and Josephine Chidsey Williams Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research project ‘Tracing Aegean maritime routes: underwater survey around Levitha, Kinaros and Maura (central Aegean Sea)’ received an award from the Honor Frost Foundation through the British Academy / Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme in 2017.

Professor Mantha Zarmakoupi and Dr George Koutsouflakis recently wrote a short blog for the Birtish Academy summarising the project and the results of their first field work season, to read the blog click here.