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

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