Jonathan Benjamin

Uncovering the ancient landscape hidden below Sydney Harbour Maritime archaeologists at Flinders University have produced a striking 3D reconstruction of Sydney Harbour as it appeared thousands of years ago, when sea levels were much […]

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Stone artefacts on submerged land surfaces: A response to Larcombe et al. Larcombe et al. (2025) challenge the work of the Deep History of Sea Country team regarding the provenance and mobility of lithic artefacts on the sea…

Return of the wet strawman!

We rebut our critics (again) after their most recent attempt to use high level theory and inaccurate models to justify their negative assertions about our fieldwork.

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Their old people sang of a place lost beneath the waves. Now it's found For years, researchers have been trying to find ancient artefacts sitting on the ocean floor. Now they have brought in Indigenous rangers to help.

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Evaluating the Deep Time Archaeological Potential of the Submerged Rottnest (Wadjemup) Shelf, Southwestern Australia - Journal of Maritime Archaeology Since the peak of the last glacial maximum, approximately 2.12 million square kilometres of Australia’s continental land mass was inundated by post-glacial sea-level rise. Much of this area would have...

Evaluating the Deep Time Archaeological Potential of the Submerged Rottnest (Wadjemup) Shelf, Southwestern Australia

Open access article published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology

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Brutal flight delay on @qantas-official.bsky.social #QF1 approaching 30 hours in Singapore. On an A380 sitting on the tarmac for a second night in a row. Broken air con. It is absolutely roasting. Don’t fly Qantas A380s. They’re old and they can’t get the parts they need to fix them. #Qantas #A380

Buy anything but a Tesla.

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL.
#HandsOff

Massive #HandsOff rallies across the country 🔥🔥🔥

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

🤿 AAUS in Seattle this week 👌 #ScientificDiving

Yeah, good call 😬 ✈️

Flew into California last night and will continue to support the people and economy of progressive Blue states. I won’t travel to Red States who support the current madness. You can pick and choose which America you visit. You’re safe in California.

Global sea-level rise in the early Holocene revealed from North Sea peats - Nature An early Holocene sea-level curve based on data from the North Sea reveals two phases of accelerated sea-level rise owing to meltwater from the North American and Antarctic ice sheets.

Nature research paper: Global sea-level rise in the early Holocene revealed from North Sea peats

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Kill Tesla. End Musk.

This is not the way

‘Science is happening’: Israeli and Palestinian scientists continue collaborations amid conflict From owl surveys to peer review, Israel's researchers are maintaining regional and international ties despite boycotts and the risk of war resuming.

From owl surveys to peer review, Israel's researchers are maintaining regional and international ties despite boycotts and the risk of war resuming

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them Attacks on vaccines and the cancellation of research into what causes vaccine hesitancy puts people in harm’s way.

We urge all leaders, for the good of their nations’ health, not to ignore or contradict advice that is supported by a consensus of evidence from research.

https://go.nature.com/43Rfr5a

Realign for Palestine — End the violence. Start the future.

More violence is not the answer. realignforpalestine.org

Wendy van Duivenvoorde on LinkedIn: targeted_page_file_1740453858.pdf 🚨 Attention Indonesian Postgraduate Students! 🚨 Dreaming of a career in Maritime Archaeology? 🌊⚓ Dive into the Master of Maritime Archaeology at Flinders…

Attention Indonesian Postgraduate Students 🚨 Fully Funded Opportunity: The LPDP scholarship covers your studies in Maritime Archaeology at Flinders University 🇦🇺 🇮🇩

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Musk is such an idiot.

Thanks very much to everyone at La Trobe University for such a warm welcome.

Straight up. Trump is a traitor & He is Putins Bitch. That’s it. That’s the tweet.

Title, authors and abstract of the article.

Archaeologists beat the geological processes at Puteoli, however, where underwater survey uncovered an entire Nabataean temple! #ProjectGallery

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Ocean Waka: ‘Most important discovery in New Zealand archaeology’ What began as a a Rēkohu (Chatham Island) father and son's routine search has led to one of Aotearoa's most significant discoveries - possibly even in Polynesian archaeology

We have so much more to learn about the maritime archaeology of Australasia - incredible find in New Zealand www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/03/o...

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A Palestinian-Israeli alternative vision for peace - opinion The real choice before us is not between being pro-Israel or pro-Palestine. The choice is between being pro-equality, pro-justice, and pro-dignity – or pro-war, death, and destruction.

Its time for peace m.jpost.com/opinion/arti...