- Deep Water Archaeology Research Group
Research group developing tools and methods for deep sea archaeological investigations in oceans using advanced sensors, robotics, and submersibles.
web.mit.edu/deeparch
- Black Sea 2000
2000 expedition which discovered an antediluvian site, shipwrecks, and Noah's stockings.
web.mit.edu/deeparch/www/expeditions/2000BlackSea/2000BlackSea.html
- Skerki Bank 1997
MIT program which resulted in the discovery of eight ships documenting the existence of a major trading route in the central Mediterranean Sea between ancient Carthage, Rome, Sicily, and Sardinia.
web.mit.edu/deeparch/www/expeditions/1997Skerki/1997Skerki.html
- Ashkelon 1999
Discovered Iron Age ship wrecks in deep waters off Ashkelon, Israel.
web.mit.edu/deeparch/www/expeditions/1999Ashkelon/1999Ashkelon.html
- Aegean Sea 2001
Examination of a shipwreck off the island of Nisyros in the Dodecanese by MIT DeepArch in collaboration with the Greek National Center for Marine Research.
web.mit.edu/deeparch/www/expeditions/2001Aegean/2001Aegean.html
- CSS Hunley 2001
An MIT DeepArch project which surveyed the still-sealed Confederate submarine with high-frequency sonar.
web.mit.edu/deeparch/www/expeditions/2001Hunley/2001Hunley.html
- Midway 1998
The unearthing of the aircraft carrier called Yorktown, which sunk during the battle of Midway in World War II.
web.mit.edu/deeparch/www/expeditions/1998Midway/1998Midway.html
- Defence 2000
The project tested high-frequency, narrow-beam sub-bottom profiling sonar on Defence, a privateer belonging to the American Revolutionary War excavated in the early 1980s.
web.mit.edu/deeparch/www/expeditions/2000Defence/2000Defence.html
- Monitor 2001
Survey expedition of a wrecked submarine and surrounding seafloor with high-frequency sub-bottom profiler to locate possible targets.
web.mit.edu/deeparch/www/expeditions/2001Monitor/2001Monitor.html
- Black Sea 1998
A pioneering undersea archaeological survey of the area surrounding the city of Sinop, Turkey, in the Black Sea. This survey focused on relatively shallow water.
web.mit.edu/deeparch/www/expeditions/1998BlackSea/1998BlackSea.html
- Black Sea 1999
Extension of the 1998 project for deeper water explorations.
web.mit.edu/deeparch/www/expeditions/1999BlackSea/1999BlackSea.html
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