Caesarea’s Cloaca Maxima: Reconstructing Past Coastlines and the Secrets of Ancient Infrastructure – 2021 Dr Ofra Barkai Introduction The little researched Roman and Byzantine Period ‘Cloaca Maxima’ (canal), located on the coastline north of Herod’s port in Caesarea, has suffered constant destruction and deterioration in recent years, as a result of winter storms, coastal erosion, […]
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Batroun, Lebanon – 2017-20 Clement Flaux and Nicolas Carayon Batroun is located 53 km north of Beirut. The coast is characterized by a rocky promontory made of calcareous sandstones (coastal aeolianite locally known as ramleh), separating two coves on its northern and southern sides. The ancient city was located above the rocky promontory, the western
The Culture in Crisis Portal On the 2nd December 2019 the Foundation attended the launch of the V&A Culture in Crisis Portal. Over the last few months the Foundation has been uploading details of HFF funded projects to the portal which is a free online resource developed by the V&A. The aim of the portal
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In the Footsteps of Honor Frost The life and legacy of a pioneer in maritime archaeology The first volume in the new HFF Publication series is now available to order through the Sidestone website. This volume follows on from the session ‘In the Footsteps of Honor Frost’ at the HFF conference held in Cyprus in October 2017. This
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Update from the 2019 underwater survey for the Ancient Akrotiri Project PRESS RELEASE Ancient Akrotiri-Dreamer’s Bay Project Underwater Season 2019 Underwater Survey Director: Dr. Lucy Blue, Centre for Maritime Archaeology, University of Southampton Previous Next Images courtesy of Steven Lopez The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works announces the completion of the
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HFF Steering Committee advisor Antony Firth attends the GLobal Ocean Social Sciences (GLOSS) event on behalf of the Ocean Decade Heritage Network The Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (the ‘Ocean Decade’) is a UN initiative for the period 2021-2030 that is currently in its planning phase. Limited reference to cultural heritage in their
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Launch of the Cyprus Coastal Assessment Project (CCAP) The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announces that the research programme entitled “Cyprus Coastal Assessment Project (CCAP)” with funding from the Honor Frost Foundation has begun on 2 September 2019. The aim of the project is the mapping and documentation of the underwater
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MAGS 2020 Bursary The Honor Frost Foundation is offering the opportunity for three postgraduate students from the eastern Mediterranean region* to apply for support in the form of bursaries to present at the Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium being held at the University of Oxford from the 22nd – 23rd February 2020. The amount of the
MAGS 2020 The third Maritime Archaeology Graduate Symposium was held at Worcester College, University of Oxford from the 22nd – 23rd February 2020 and organised by our Oxford University Scholars, Nesrine A. El-Galy and Achilles Iasonos. The Foundation awarded three bursaries for participants from the eastern Mediterranean to attend and present at the conference. Below
Update from the Maritime Archaeology Outreach Project (MAOP) Earlier this year the Foundation funded the Maritime Archaeology Outreach Project in Egypt. The project’s main aim is to educate children about maritime archaeology, which will have direct influence on the way they think about the material past, its discovery, significance, value and protection. So far the project
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