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Ambiguous wonders, part one: the nature of corals
Corals. Stunningly beautiful, in all shapes and colors, alive or petrified they have much impact on our planet and our imagination...
archivesofthesea
Dec 17, 202414 min read


From Tortoiseshell and the Turtle Eaters to the Beastly Turtle Island: Transformations of a Lovable Marine Reptilian
In a class on Indian Ocean commodities, economy, and materiality, every year my students and I come across this scribe’s desk at the...
archivesofthesea
Jan 21, 202416 min read


Dangers of the Deep: marine “man-eaters” and the humans who fear them
Ένας κωμικός χαρακτήρας στο έργο του Άλεξι «Ελληνίς» στα τέλη του 4ου αι. π.Χ. το λέει ξεκάθαρα: «Ζωντανά ή νεκρά, τα ψάρια πολεμούν μαζί...
archivesofthesea
Aug 5, 202317 min read


Dogs, Boats, Shells, and Goats: Musings on the Decorations of the Musandam battil
Many years ago, as an archaeology student in the early 1990s, I had the amazing luck and privilege of participating in a project entitled...
archivesofthesea
Oct 30, 20227 min read


Mermaids, mermen and other strange creatures on the blurred limits between terrestrial and marine life
They are not fish, they are not humans either… they are not of the land, but neither are they unequivocally creatures of the sea...
archivesofthesea
Nov 23, 202113 min read
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