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…

New Books! The Recanati Institute is happy to report that we have received a generous donation of hundreds of books related to maritime topics courtesy of Mrs. Sarah Arenson, a former…