Mohamed Khedr – Fieldwork Bursary – 2021 Santo Hieronimo Shipwreck Excavation – Croatia – October 2021. The Santo Hieronimo ship was owned by Jerolim Benedikt Primoević from the Maritime Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik, Croatia), the vessek sank at the entrance of the Bay in the Island of Šipan in 1576. Systematic excavation of the wreck […]
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Mai Ghanem – 2021 – Ulster University Scholar. I was lucky to obtain a Masters scholarship from the Honor Frost Foundation at the University of Southampton in 2019 (click here for more information). During the year of studying at Southampton, I became more interested in GIS and Remote sensing. knowing also that there is no
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CMAUCH Training Bursary – Asmaa Elsayed Kamel – Basic Underwater Archaeology Course 2021 Asmaa Elsayed Kamel was awarded a bursary through the CMAUCH Training Bursary scheme to attend the 2021 Basic Underwater Archaeology Course in Zadar, Croatia. Below is a report from Asmaa During the period from 30 August to 10 September 2021, I was
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Mohamed Abdelghany – 2021 – CMAUCH Scholar. One day all of your dreams come true. One of my dreams is to be an archaeologist such as my father. In 2005, I graduated from Cairo University from the Faculty of Arts, department of history. After my graduation in 2006, I have worked as Curator at the
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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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Berenike: An Ancient Red Sea Port The Ptolemaic-Roman (3rd c. BC-6th c. AD) Egyptian Red Sea port of Berenike was a pivotal nexus in the network linking Europe, Africa and Asia and the Mediterranean world via the Red Sea/Indian Ocean basin. Maritime and terrestrial routes met at Berenike to transfer products, people and ideas across
Muhamed Mahmoud Aly – 2021 – CMAUCH Scholar. In October 2020, I was awarded a scholarship from the Honor Frost Foundation to study a diploma in maritime archaeology at the CMAUCH, where I also had good experience regarding all aspects of maritime archaeology and underwater heritage management. My profound gratitude to HFF which gave me
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Landscape history and chronology of a Roman and Byzantine port infrastructure of Marea in the Region of Mareotis – 2020 Tomasz Derda Marea is situated on the south coast of Lake Mariout around 45 km away from Alexandria. Occupying around 15 ha, it is one of the largest settlements from the Byzantine period located in
Aya Omar Esmail – 2019 – CMAUCH Scholar. During my undergraduate studies at the Department of Greek and Roman Archaeology, Cairo University, it was the first time I heard about maritime archaeology. Since then, my passion for maritime archaeology has been growing. Moreover, I was involved in a number of workshops and training courses in
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Ahmed Galal – 2019 – CMAUCH Scholar. To follow my childhood dream of being an archaeologist, I studied Egyptology at the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University. Following my graduation in 2007 I pursued a career at the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. Firstly, I worked for 4 years as an antiquities inspector at Qaitbay Fortress in
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