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 […]
This project undertook an assessment survey of Ottoman-period maritime archaeology in Lebanon. It constitutes one section of a larger regional study investigating the coastal archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea from 1500-1850. There is an increasing level of research being undertaken on Bronze Age and Classical period sites across this region but little work
AUB – Minor in Marine Sciences and Culture The American University of Beirut (AUB) is offering a Minor in Marine Sciences and Culture, sponsored by the Foundation. Housed in the department of History and Archaeology, and in collaboration with the departments of Biology and Geology, this Minor focuses on the coastal remains of the past in the Mediterranean.
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Lucy Semaan – 2015-2018 – University of Balamand Post Doctoral Fellowship The HFF-UOB Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF) that was granted to Lucy Semaan for a period of three years, from November 2015 to October 2018, was the first initiative of its kind by HFF in Lebanon. The research was undertaken under the joint supervision of Dr.
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Sergio El Kesrouwani – 2018-19 – University of Southampton MA Scholar. I was awarded my MA degree from the University of Southampton in October 2019. This I could not have achieved without the Honor Frost Foundation that provided me with the opportunity and support to travel to England and study in one of the most
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CADMOS-S project – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) – 2018 Alexandre Sursock and Milad Fakhri Geophysical Survey off southern Lebanon The CADMOS-S project was one of the first maritime archaeology programmes in Lebanon to use geophysical means of exploration. It was jointly funded, over the last two years (2015-2017), by the Honor Frost
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Nautical Archaeology Society Fieldschools – Lebanon The Foundation has so far supported two fieldschools in Lebanon led by the Nautical Archaeology Society. The aim of the fieldschools is to build capacity in the region through training in the recording and surveying of underwater cultural heritage. 2017 Fieldschool 2018 Fieldschool 2017 Fieldschool At the beginning of
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Anfeh, Lebanon Dr Lucy Semaan 2015-2018 J. Jansen van Rensburg 2014 Dr Lucy Semaan 2015-2018 Location of Anfeh, credit C.Safadi Anfeh, is a village in the Koura district of the North Governorate of Lebanon. It is located 15 km south of Tripoli and 70 km north of Beirut. The coastal village is extended by a
The Kubba Coastal Survey 2017 – 2022 Dr Jennie Bradbury and HFF Lebanon 2017 2019 2022 Conservation 2022 2017 Endangered Seascapes: The dynamics of change in coastal environments, Northern Lebanon – 2017 1. Background and Objectives Until recently, the northern coastal strip of Lebanon had largely escaped the impact of mass urban sprawl and development.
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Naseem Raad – 2016 – 2020 University of Southampton PhD Scholar Naseem Raad is a Lebanese archaeologist who completed his MA and PhD at the University of Southampton through scholarships from the Honor Frost Foundation. Naseem researches economic history through a critical examination of maritime trade and transportation with a particular focus on the Roman
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