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Peter is joining the British School at Rome for a year long research fellowship examining the Imperial port of Rome, Portus. The research will include modeling the navigational environment of the ancient port.

National Geographic visited RPM Nautical Foundation's research to film for an upcoming documentary program. The series is expected in air in a year's time and feature one of RPMNF's ongoing projects.

The collaboration between the Soprintendenza del Mare and RPM Nautical Foundation continued at the Battle of the Egadi Islands site. The project has spanned a decade and led to the discovery of numerous artifacts from the battle in 241 BC.

Peter taught the course "Underwater Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean: shipwrecks, sunken cities, drowned landscapes and the ancient world" for the Bloomsbury Summer School at University College London. Students learned about the wide range of...

The Honor Frost Foundation awarded a grant for the study of paleomagnetism in ancient amphoras. The study examines amphoras from submerged environments and hopes to elucidate the date of firing through analysis at the National Oceanographic Centre...

The fieldwork at Fourni, Greece, continued for a third season. A number of new shipwrecks were discovered, while the focus was on documenting the sites that had been found during the previous seasons.

The Guardian has launched a new science blog about archaeology and anthropology. Peter joins four other researchers to bring new stories from the social sciences to the public. Ready to dive in? Check out the blog on the Guardian's...

The Archaeology of Underwater Caves is an exploration of karst and marine caves around the world. Caves have drawn explorers since early forays by John Leland, King Henry VIII’s antiquary, at Bath in 1545, Helisäus Rößlin’s work at Niederbronn-les-Bains in 1593, and...

I was invited by the Bournemouth Archaeological Society to give a talk on the latest findings in underwater archaeology. It was a great time that ended in karaoke at the pub after the talk!

The Institute of Nautical Archaeology has awarded the Fourni Underwater Survey a grant for its 2017 field season. The third season at Fourni will consist of remote sensing and 3D modeling of the shipwrecks that have been found in previous seasons- 45 in total.

My third lesson with TED Ed is titled "Are Ghost Ships Real?" It examines the age-old phenomenon of "ghost" ship- ships that sail on their own without crews. While these stories have inspired Bram Stoker, Nosferatu, and Pirates of Caribbean, they are based on real...

I gave an invited lecture to the Centre for Maritime Archaeology in the Oxford's Institute of Archaeology. It was an honor speaking to Centre about my research!

Peter serves as an expert on the new History/H2 series Ancient Top 10, which airs tonight in the UK. Peter discusses ancient ships and Wonders of the Ancient World.

The 2016 Submerged Heritage magazine has been published by the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar. The author's article on the Albanian Expedition explores the 2016 field season that assessed at risk underwater cultural heritage in the southern...

The Guardian has published an Op Ed piece I wrote regarding the salvage of six World War II shipwrecks in the Java Sea. While governments protest that protection of underwater cultural heritage is too expense, the programs to do so are already in place and have been...

Peter was interviewed on the recent discoveries in the Fourni archipelago (Greece) for The Aquatic World, a web series produced by Great Big Story.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) visited RPM Nautical Foundation's research vessel Hercules at its berth in Malta. Delegates toured the ship and Peter gave an overview of RPMNF's projects over the years, as well as discussed the looting...

"Sunken relics, ghostly shipwrecks, and lost cities aren’t just wonders found in fictional adventures. Beneath the ocean’s surface, there are ruins where people once roamed and shipwrecks loaded with artifacts from another time." My latest TED Ed lesson explores...

The OSCE asked Peter to write an article for border security officials relating to the looting and trafficking of underwater cultural heritage. The article titled "Preserving History from Under the Sea" came out in 2016 Issue 2 of Security Community and it explains...

Peter was invited to represent the Albanian Center for Marine Research at the International Meeting on Underwater Cultural Heritage and Site Protection at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The meeting focused on the looting and commercial exploitation of underwater...

UCL's Bloomsbury Egyptology summer school hosted a study day for the British Museum's Sunken Cities exhibit, inviting Peter to give a talk on maritime trade and navigation connecting the Aegean to Egypt in various periods.

The Albanian Marine Science Expedition had a successful two week field season in July 2016. The expedition gathered data on the ecology and archaeology of southern Albanian waters, assessing biodiversity and underwater cultural heritage. The most significant findings...

How do cities end up in the sea? In a collaboration with TED, I wrote a lesson for students ages 12-16 to explain the processes that cause cities to become submerged. View the video below or the lesson with course material at the link...

The latest issue of ONBOARD magazine features a biographical sketch and interview with Peter. The article examines his career, as well as contemporary issues in marine research. Read the digital version of the Summer 2016 issue of ONBOARD magazine...

The second season of the Fourni Underwater Survey was a huge success. The team located 23 new shipwrecks, bringing the total to 45 shipwrecks since last September. The findings solidify the maritime archaeological significance of Fourni. The project is directed by...

The Honor Frost Foundation has awarded the Fourni Underwater Survey a grant for the 2016 season. During the 2015, the Foundation provided the primary funding to conduct preliminary research in the Fourni archipelago. The research was rewarded with the discovery of 22...

Peter was awarded the University of Southampton's 2016 Doctoral College Director's Award for Enterprise and Impact. The award was given in recognition of his research on the illicit antiquities trade and its impact in the international community. Read about the...

On April 27 I gave a lecture titled "Funding conflict through cultural heritage: ISIS and illicit trafficking in cultural property" at the course "Establishing a Global Knowledge Network: ISIS as a Threat and Legal Challenge and the Prevention of Recruitment." The...

The British Museum's new special exhibit "Sicily: Culture and Conquest" opens April 21. The exhibit features one of the eleven bronze warship rams discovered from the Battle of the Egadi Islands (241 BC) by RPM Nautical Foundation and the Soprintendenza del Mare. My...

National Geographic History magazine has written a two page article on our recent discovery of twenty-two shipwrecks in the Fourni archipelago in Greece. It appears in the March-April issue, pick it up at news stands today!