Institute of Maritime History

Campus notes: Local students named to Dean's List; graduates
NJ.com
Michelle F. Dennis of Hillsborough, received a BS in Marine Biology with a Minor in Underwater Archaeology. Nicholas T. Smith of Gladstone, received a BA in History. At the University of Rhode Island's 127th Commencement on Saturday and Sunday, May ...

Republicans add last-minute school choice measures, mine-area restrictions ...
River Towns
Michel L'Hour, head of the French Department of Underwater Archaeological Research, said the beam appears to be a “bowsprit” – a pole that extends from the stem of a vessel. It extends over 10 feet above the lake bed off Fairport Michigan. Excavators ...

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East Anglian Daily Times
Suffolk: Project to boost region's coastline gets lottery funding windfall
East Anglian Daily Times
The first major project to be run by Touching The Tide will be an underwater survey of the lost city of Dunwich by Southampton University and local divers. The exploration of East Anglia's so-called Atlantis will take place next week and is a ...

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New York Times
Clues in the Search for a Sunken Ship, Lost in the 1600s
New York Times
“I think maybe Steve found the Griffin, but I can't be sure,” Michel L'Hour, the director of underwater archaeology for France who monitors all of the country's shipwrecks around the world, said Tuesday, a day after he and two other French ...

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New York Times
Clues in the Search for a Sunken Ship, Lost in the 1600s
New York Times
“I think maybe Steve found the Griffin, but I can't be sure,” Michel L'Hour, the director of underwater archaeology for France who monitors all of the country's shipwrecks around the world, said Tuesday, a day after he and two other French ...

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Chinese Murals Found Intact In Ancient Tomb That Had Been Looted
Huffington Post
The Silver River (representing the Milky Way) flows across the sky from the southwest to the northeast, and inside the river are fine fish-scale patterns representing waves in the water," wrote archaeologist Liu Yan, who reported the discovery, in ...

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Submerged Structure Stumps Israeli Archaeologists
Sci-Tech Today
Archaeologists said the only way they can properly assess the structure is through an underwater excavation. The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologist's dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient ...

Feature on Vietnamese underwater archaeology. Tuoi Tre News has a three-part feature on underwater archaeology in Vietnam. Tuoi Tre News 20130616. 'Cemetery' of ancient shipwrecks in Quang Ngai Tuoi Tre News, 11 ...

June 16, 2013: Underwater Cave Diving, Seeking a Man-Eating Catfish, and More
National Geographic
Lee talks about her work as a bio-archaeologist and how she combines physical anthropology and archaeology to study human remains, coaxing secrets from skeletons and civilizations millennia old. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is ...

Australia's Mixed Language, 'Light Warlpiri,' Discovered In Remote Desert ...
Huffington Post
This photo taken on May 25, 2012, released on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 by Tak'alik Ab'aj Archaeological Project shows a jade piece in the tomb of a very early Mayan ruler at Tak'alik Ab'aj archaeological site in Retalhuleu, south of Guatemala City. (AP ...

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The Maritime Executive
Exercise Dawn Blitz: History Made with Osprey Landing on Japanese Ship
The Maritime Executive
The landing aboard Hyuga was the culmination of extensive planning by Sailors and Marines from Commander, U.S. Third Fleet, Expeditionary Strike Group 3, I Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade and was one of a series of live ...
MARINES, JAPANESE INFANTRY STORM ISLAND IN EXERCISEU-T San Diego

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Chinese Murals Found Intact In Ancient Tomb That Had Been Looted
Huffington Post
The Silver River (representing the Milky Way) flows across the sky from the southwest to the northeast, and inside the river are fine fish-scale patterns representing waves in the water," wrote archaeologist Liu Yan, who reported the discovery, in ...

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Wyoming Calendar for June 18, 2013
Casper Star-Tribune Online
At 1 p.m., Dig into the Pine Bluffs Archaeological Dig at the Pine Bluffs archaeological dig with Dr. Reher (for Pine Bluffs Library). Registration required. ... June 24-27, 1-4 p.m., Dive Beneath the Surface: Underwater Week for teens at CCPL. * June ...

Tel Aviv University Discovers Monument Beneath the Sea of Galilee
Shalom Life
The site has since been detailed in the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. "Stone-built installations that are thought to be ancient fish nurseries are well known in the Sea of Galilee. They are found ... The TAU researchers plan to learn ...

Pacific Maritime and Heritage Center opens June 28
Lincoln City News Guard
The main public area contains maritime objects loaned by members of the community in an exhibit titled “Ship to Shore: Objects of a Maritime Community.” “This community-based approach netted incredible gems of maritime history, many of which have never ...

Outer Banks offshore wind farm plan gets blowback
MENAFN.COM
By moving to deeper waters, Perry and others say, development would greater environmental to birds and bats, and avoid running into as many shipwrecks and underwater archaeology relics along the Outer Banks. Building farther out, however, would ...

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Outer Banks offshore wind farm plan gets blowback
The Virginian-Pilot
By moving to deeper waters, Perry and others say, development would greater environmental to birds and bats, and avoid running into as many shipwrecks and underwater archaeology relics along the Outer Banks. Building farther out, however, would ...

News & Notes
St. Augustine Record
Fabulous Florida Bats; July 18 — Underwater Archaeology; July 25 — Swamp Stories; Aug. 1 — Turtle Talk. □ Ponte Vedra Branch program continues Monday through Aug. 3, Children up to fifth grade are invited to participate. All performances, the ice ...

Wyoming Calendar for June 16, 2013
Casper Star-Tribune Online
June 24-27, 1-4 p.m., Dive Beneath the Surface: Underwater Week for teens at CCPL. * June 25, Safari ... June 18, 1 p.m., Dig into the Pine Bluffs Archaeological Dig at the Pine Bluffs archaeological dig with Dr. Reher (for Pine Bluffs Library ...

NPR
A Floating History Of The '18-Wheelers Of Their Day'
NPR
This summer she's sailing historic waterways in Vermont, New York, Ontario and Quebec, docking in towns for a history lesson. The Lois starts from her berth at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vt. First mate Tom Larsen, a strapping guy with ...

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