Developing your Future with HFF The Honor Frost Foundation is committed to supporting and developing maritime archaeology in the eastern Mediterranean. As part of this, we are looking to better understand who is currently working in maritime archaeology in the region, their current training and their future goals. We are also keen to identify non-maritime […]
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HFF Scholar Noran Hamed successfully defends thesis! HFF would like to offer a huge congratulations to Noran Hamed for successfully defending her thesis! Noran’s research project focuses on the archaeological heritage of the western coast of the Red Sea in Egypt. It discusses sustainable management strategies for the archaeological sites through adaptive reuse, public presentation,
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HFF Grants Update- New Grant and Deadlines Since inception, the Foundation primarily supports regional projects which focus on maritime archaeology or underwater cultural heritage undertaken in the countries where Honor Frost worked. Broadly, this is the eastern Mediterranean, specifically Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria and also Egypt including the Red Sea. The Foundation is keen to support projects
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CRPD Workshop on Seafloor Characterisation for Offshore Infrastructure and Marine Planning- January 2024 Between January 23rd and 24th 2024, a two-day workshop on ‘Seafloor Characterisation for Offshore Infrastructure and Marine Planning’ took place at the Multipurpose Social Welfare and Employment Space of the Municipality of Larnaka, Cyprus. The workshop was organised by the Southampton Marine
Rooting Egyptian Maritime Heritage Congress- 10/29/2023- Ain Shams University, Egypt Noran Hamed On October 29th – 30th, the Faculty of Archaeology- Ain Shams University (Arch-ASU) organised its 3rd Annual International Congress, adopting a theme focused on maritime heritage studies in Egypt, particularly ship and boat building in cooperation with the Egyptian Maritime Salon. The Congress
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HFF Scholar Nesreen A. El-Galy successfully defends thesis A huge congratulations to Nesreen on a successful defence of her thesis at Oxford University in mid-December! Nesreen’s work focuses on using ancient Egyptian boat models to reveal the characteristics of their hulls focusing on archaeological data for hull design, structure, and stability. You can read more
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Honor Frost Foundation 12th Annual Lecture Video On December 8th, 2023 the Honor Frost Foundation held its 12th annual lecture at the British Academy. The lecture was delivered by Dr Claude Doumet-Serhal (MBE, FSA), who has been directing the Sidon excavations since 1998. The following abstract highlights a few of the fascinating discoveries at this
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Capacity Building – UAV and Remote Sensing Workshop and Marine Geoarchaeology Workshop (November 2023) During November 2023, two workshops were conducted in the regions of Ayia Napa (Famagusta) and Akrotiri Peninsula (Limassol) in Cyprus. Both workshops were part of the Cyprus Regional Development Project (CRDP) funded by the Honor Frost Foundation (HFF). The project is
A brief report on the capsizing of the Kyrenia-Liberty in October 2023 Dr Crystal el Safadi On Friday September 29th 2023 we set sail on Kyrenia-Liberty as part of the Eastern Mediterranean Experimental Sailing project. This is a University of Southampton project, supported through Dr Crystal el Safadi’s HFF sponsored position. The project’s aim for
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Honor Frost honored with street name in Marsala, Sicily Saturday 7 October 2023: The Foundation was delighted to accept the kind invitation from the Mayor and Municipality of the city of Marsala, Sicily, to attend the naming of a street in honour of Honor Frost. The new Via Honor Frost sweeps majestically alongside the archaeological
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