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11/7/19
14 Ships' Figureheads Weighing Over 20 Tons Arrive at UK's Newest Museum, The Box
by Orbis Conservation
In what is the most ambitious sculpture conservation project currently taking place in the UK, 14 monumental 19th century naval figureheads have been saved from decay for the nation.
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SOURCE: PBS Newshour
5/23/19
Video of the Week: How discovery of the slave ship Clotilda informs U.S. history
The remains of the last slave ship that came to America have been found in Alabama's Mobile River. In 1860, the schooner Clotilda brought 110 Africans to U.S. shores, decades after it was illegal to import slaves into the country.
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SOURCE: History
6-30-14
Protection Sought for World War I Ships
The 2001 convention originally applied only to sites sunk more than 100 years ago.
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SOURCE: Archaeology News Network
3-16-13
Middle Eastern martime traditions explored in Exeter University's dhow exhibition
The maritime traditions of people living and travelling on the major sea routes of the western Indian Ocean are being explored in a first-of-its-kind exhibition at Exeter University, which will even feature a traditiontally constructed dhow, which has been made specially for the exhibition by artist Paul Riley in a workshop on the River Dart.
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SOURCE: SciMag
03-05-13
Sunstone Unearthed From Shipwreck
In 1592, a British ship sank near the island of Alderney in the English Channel carrying an odd piece of cargo: a small, angular crystal. Though cloudy and scuffed up from 4 centuries at the bottom of the sea, its precise geometry and proximity to the ship's navigation equipment caught the eye of a diver exploring the wreckage. Once it was brought back to land, a few European scientists began to suspect the mysterious object might be a calcite crystal, which they believe Vikings and other European seafarers used to navigate before the introduction of the magnetic compass....
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