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Work has begun recording and studying the Egadi rams at the Roosevelt Institute and Arsenale in Palermo!

The careful cataloguing of associated artifacts from the Battle of the Egadi Islands continued yesterday at the Roosevelt Institute. Some of the items being studied include helmets, cheekpieces, coins, and copper spikes.

Our team continues to 3D scan, weigh, photograph, and evaluate battle damage on the Egadi naval rams housed at the Museum Stabilimento Florio on the island of Favignana.

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RPM Nautical Foundation and the Soprintendenza del Mare have successfully recovered Egadi ram 20 from the seafloor and have brought it on the research vessel Hercules!

The first photos of Egadi ram 20!

Next week our very own Jim Goold will be giving a lecture for the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) on “The Battle of the Egadi Islands Project: Past, Present, and Future”. He will be joined by Stephen DeCasien, Ph.D., a PhD candidate from the Nautical Archaeology program at Texas A&M!

Tomorrow! Don’t miss it!

Cruising on by! The Research Vessel Hercules is making its way to the Battle of the Egadi Islands site today.

Successful ROV day in the books during the 2023 field season on the Battle of the Egadi Islands Project!

Another beautiful day using the ROV on the RV Hercules to explore the seabed around Levanzo!

Looking for the ancient past using present day tools!

The recovery of Egadi Ram #26 to the back deck of the Research Vessel Hercules!

From discovery to recovery. Some photos of the process of bringing Egadi Ram #26 on to the R/V Hercules.

After searching through side-scan sonar data collected from AUVs, the RPM Nautical Foundation team launched the ROV into the waters at the Battle of the Egadi Islands site discovering Egadi Ram #27!

The recovery of Egadi Ram #27 from the seabed after being underwater for more than 2,000 years! This is the 27th naval ram found at the Battle of the Egadi site, adding more to our understanding of the final naval battle between Rome and Carthage that ended the First Punic War.

First shots of Egadi Ram #27 on the back deck of the Research Vessel Hercules!

After an amazing season, RPM Nautical Foundation offloaded Egadi Rams 26 and 27 to the island of Favignana. Our successful season was due to the continued collaboration between the Soprintendenza del Mare, RPMNF, and SDSS: The Society for Documentation of Submerged Sites!