ISBSA 16 International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology – ISBSA 16 The 16th ISBSA will be held from the 27th September to the 1st October 2021 in Zadar, Croatia. The event is organized by the University of Zadar, the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar, the Archaeological Museum Zadar, the Museum of Ancient […]
New podcast series – Dive & Dig We have launched a new five part podcast series about maritime archaeology! The series is presented by Bettany Hughes and our maritime archaeological director Lucy Blue. The first episode will be released on the 17th June, but to listen to the trailer and to subscribe to the podcast
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The Marsala Punic Ship – Fifty Years of Discovery “Between two piles of ballast-stones, a large timber (such as I had never seen before) emerged from the sand like the head of a primeval animal crowned with weed: the presence of a wreck was evident.” (Honor Frost, 1981). Fifty years ago today a unique ancient shipwreck was
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Investigating Neolithic maritime landscapes and practice in the Levant and Cyprus – 2020 Crystal El Safadi The sea has always been both a resource and medium for people from prehistory to today. In the shaping of modern human life, one of the occurrences regarded as most influential is the development of agriculture and the creation
Reconstructing Bronze Age maritime networks: A new provenance study of stone anchors from Israel and Cyprus Assaf Yasur-Landau, Ruth Shahack-Gross, Carrie Fulton and Sturt Manning The study of Bronze Age stone anchors was at the heart of Honor Frost’s contribution to maritime archaeology. The aim of this proposed two and a half years study is
NW Egyptian Marmarica Coast Survey Partners:CMAUCH, University of Alexandria, EgyptDepartment of Underwater Antiquities, Ministry of Antiquities, EgyptMarEA, Universities of Southampton and Ulster, UK The Mediterranean coastline of NW Egypt is under threat, predominantly from agricultural and urban expansion (Figure 1). Today much of the coastline is being rapidly developed for commercial and hotel real estate
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Bursary to attend ISBSA 16 The Foundation is offering six bursaries at €800 to participate at the International Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology – ISBSA 16 Zadar, 27 September – 1 October 2021 Bursaries will be applicable only to students and early career researchers from the HFF region (Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Cyprus) Bursaries
CMAUCH Training Bursary The Foundation currently supports the CMAUCH with training bursaries to support the building of a range of expertise, enabling students to attend relevant training courses to further their skills. This bursary is available to students of the CMAUCH only. The application form must be submitted at least one month before the course
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The Climate Change Threat To Our Maritime Heritage Dive & Dig Blog by Lauren Tidbury Listening to episode five, I think this is my favourite! Our aim was to try to finish the series with a reflection on where maritime archaeology as a discipline is, where it is going, what challenges were faced in the past
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NAS Under the Water webinar series on YouTube The first six talks in the NAS Under the Water webinar series are now available to watch on their YouTube Channel Upcoming webinars are free although registration is required to participate live, for more information about upcoming talks and to register click here
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