The Rotary Club Moriah branch, at Haifa, continued its tradition of awarding excellence scholarships to students of the Department of Maritime Civilizations at the University

Congratulations to M. Bram, N. Iddan, D. Ashkenazi and D. Cvikel, for having their paper “The Nineteenth-Century Molyneux’s Boat: Archaeometallurgical Perspective of its Metal Fastenings”,

A new study by E. Galili et al. presents the earliest evidence for large-scale table olive production from the mid-7th millennium BP inundated site of Hishuley

Read about sunken ships, coral reefs, and the amazing world found underwater in a piece by Moshe Gilad of Haaretz which was prepared with the

A new paper by Dr. Emmanuel Nantet in “Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete” titled “The Dung Boats of Memphis” The πλοῖον κοπρηγόν was a

Tsunami events in antiquity had a profound influence on coastal societies. Six thousand years of historical records and geological data show that tsunamis are a

An Anatolian-Style Lead Figurine from the Kabri MB Palace Excavations during the summer of 2017 in the earlier phases of the courtyard of the palace

Remote Excavating during the Covid-19 era Researchers and students from RIMS and the Department for Maritime Civilizations recently carried out a successful remote collaboration with

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

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

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