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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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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Support for the first global planning meeting of the IOC Decade of Ocean Science The Foundation provided support for the first global planning meeting of the IOC Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, from the 13th – 15th May at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. Dr Antony Firth from the HFF Steering …

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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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