Maayan Cohen, a PhD candidate at the department of maritime civilizations at the University of Haifa, and Dr. Deborah Cvikel, a researcher at the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies…
Kan11 article about dolphin spotting along the Israeli coast conducted by immrac.org featuring the Institute's research fellow Dr. Oz Gofman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21ZJoku8-Ag&feature=youtu.be
A new paper was just published in the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology by Maayan Cohen and Deborah Cvikel titled: Rigging of the Ma‘agan Mikhael B shipwreck (7th–8th centuries AD):…
Nomads of the Mediterranean: Trade and Contact in the Bronze and Iron Ages: Studies in Honor of Michal Artzy edited by Prof. Ayelet Gilboa and Prof. Assaf Yasur Landau was…
A new paper was recently published in PLOS ONE by Michael Lazar, Eric Cline, Roey Nickelsberg, Ruth Shahack Gross, and Assaf Yasur Landau. The paper deals with the abandonment of the MB palace at…
Over 300 books related to Maritime History and Warfare, Ships, and shipbuilding from the Bronze Age to the 20th century, have found a new home at the Leon Recanati Institute…
Congratulations to two of our researchers for their successful ISF grant applications!Prof. Ruth Shahack-Gross for "Unraveling adaptive strategies to living by the sea during the early-middle Holocene through the study…
New book edited by Dr. Emmanuel Nantet about Hellenistic ships was just published and is available for free download in PDF format.https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/978Table of Contents:Preface (Alain Bresson)The Hellenistic Merchantmen: A Contribution…
Welcome Dr. David Friesem! The Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies would like to welcome its newest faculty member, Dr. David Friesem, into our ranks. David is an anthropological archaeologist who…
The University of California San Diego has announced a gift of more than $1.3 million from the Koret Foundation to support research collaborations focused on marine archaeology, between UC San…
