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 …
RPM Nautical Foundation in Italian News for Egadi Ram Study Project
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
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
RPMNF is now a Recognized Partner of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology
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
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
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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June 2019 Field Season Highlights
Highlights from the start of the 2019 field season! Follow us on board R/V Hercules as we go from Malta to Albania to Sicily.
R/V Hercules Tour and Reception in Durres, Albania
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, …
Albania Coastal Survey in The Sunday Times, London
Race to Save Med’s Last Great Treasure Unexplored for decades, Albania’s waters are filled with artefacts. Efforts are under way to chart them before looters descend By Louise Callaghan, published in The Sunday Times, London, 1 July 2018 DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE TO READ MORE
Diving Into History
Inside the daring mission to rescue ancient artefacts from the bottom of the sea Rogue treasure hunters are attempting to track down and gather lost items from the sea floor. But they aren’t the only ones: the RPM Nautical Foundation is using remote vehicles, sonar and digital mapping to get to the archaeological sites first …
Albania Project Update
This project update in the INA Quarterly, published by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, describes RPM Nautical Foundation’s first large-scale coastal survey of Albania in 2007. Focuses include: areas surveyed, wrecksites discovered, and one particular site and its archaeological finds, as well as the potential for future field seasons in the Albania coast. DOWNLOAD THE ARTICLE TO …
2018 Fournoi Press Release
The fourth season of the Fournoi Underwater Survey has been completed, a collaboration between the Hellenic Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities and RPM Nautical Foundation. From 7-29 September, the project continued to survey, document, and study the ancient, medieval, and post-medieval shipwrecks of the Fournoi archipelago in the eastern Aegean Sea. During the season five new wrecks …