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INA Webinar Featuring Jim Goold (Chairman of RPM Nautical Foundation and INA General Counsel)

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Jim Goold gave a lecture for the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) on “The Battle of the Egadi Islands Project: Past, Present, and Future”. He was joined by Stephen DeCasien, a PhD candidate from the Nautical Archaeology program at Texas A&M University. “A webinar about The Battle of the Egadi Islands Project delivered by INA …

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New Egadi Ram Recovered in La Sicilia News

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Recuperato il rostro in bronzo della nave romana affondata nella Battaglia delle Egadi Nell’ambito dell’attiva collaborazione tra il nucleo carabinieri Tutela patrimonio culturale di Palermo, la Soprintendenza del Mare della Regione Siciliana e l’organizzazione «Rpm Nautical Foundation» è stato recuperato, a 80 metri circa di profondità dei fondali marini di Levanzo, un rostro in bronzo …

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RPM Nautical Foundation in Italian News for Egadi Ram Study Project

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I Ro­stri del­la Bat­ta­glia del­le Ega­di og­get­to di una mis­sio­ne di stu­dio tra la So­prin­ten­den­za del Mare e l’a­me­ri­ca­na RPM Nau­ti­cal Foun­da­tion Pa­ler­mo  – La So­prin­ten­den­za del Mare del­la Re­gio­ne Si­ci­lia­na e la RPM Nau­ti­cal Foun­da­tion, han­no av­via­to la cam­pa­gna di stu­dio e do­cu­men­ta­zio­ne dei ro­stri del­la Bat­ta­glia del­le Ega­di. Clicke here to read more.  …

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RPM Nautical Foundation in BBC Future News

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The shipwrecks rewriting ancient history For centuries, historians believed that any physical evidence of the pivotal Battle of the Aegates was long gone. Then came a chance discovery – which led to dozens of shipwrecks. Click here to read more.  Published by By Alessia Franco and David Robson 28th April 2022  

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RPMNF is now a Recognized Partner of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology

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We are proud to announce that RPM Nautical Foundation has become a Recognized Partner of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology. The UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology aims to enhance the protection and research of underwater cultural heritage. The addition of RPM Nautical Foundation as a Recognized Partner is an acknowledgement of our …

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2021 Battle of the Egadi Islands Field Season Press Release

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2021 Battle of the Egadi Islands Field Season Press Release: Two bronze warship rams and military equipment were discovered at the site of the Battle of the Egadi Islands (241 BC), the pivotal battle that led to the victory of Rome over Carthage during the First Punic War. In addition to the new discoveries, four …

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Battle of the Egadi Islands Project in Italian News

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The Egadi Sea Returns Priceless Treasures On July 24th, 2019, the RPM Nautical Foundation crew with the assistance of several Global Underwater Explorer (GUE) divers, recovered two ancient rams from the Battle of the Egadi Islands site. Two Montefortino bronze helmets were also made public for the first time. We were pleased to be joined by …

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R/V Hercules Tour and Reception in Durres, Albania

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RPM Nautical Foundation was proud to co-host a dockside reception in Durres, Albania on June 14th 2019 with Mr. Auron Tare, Chair of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Body of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage. The guests, which included the ambassadors to Albania of Spain, Croatia, Italy, Japan, and Russia, …

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