The RMS Titanic’s Marconi radio was last used to make distress calls from the north Atlantic after the ship struck an iceberg on April 14 1912. Now the radio could become the target of a salvage operation after a private company was granted permission to recover the artefact from the wreck’s interior.This recovery for profit is directly at odds with the ethics of modern archaeological practice. It also raises questions about legal protection for shipwrecks such as the Titanic and how we choose to value our shared cultural heritage
The salvage of historic shipwrecks involves a debate between salvors, who wish to maximize profit, a...
Technology development pushed forward an access to underwater cultural heritage. Diving toolsdevelop...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DO...
In the early morning hours of April 15th, 1912, the RMS Titanic, the “unsinkable” ship hit an iceber...
Dr Sarah Dromgoole (Reader in Law, University of Leicester) charts the history of the legal protecti...
The recent discovery of the Titanic some 500 miles off the coast of Canada has given rise to the que...
The Buenos Aires draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage proposes in ...
In recent years, as technology permitting previously impossible underwater salvage operations has be...
This article examines the impact of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultur...
Whether historic wrecks should be subject to salvage regime and therefore capable of exploitation by...
This paper examines how US and proposed international law relate to the recovery of archaeological d...
Unlike land-based sources of cultural heritage, abandoned shipwrecks have been slow to receive prote...
This Note will examine the current state of international law concerning property rights to all type...
The salvage of historic shipwrecks involves a debate between profit-oriented salvagers, who wish to ...
The recovery of historic sunken military vessels raises a number of legal issues, including those of...
The salvage of historic shipwrecks involves a debate between salvors, who wish to maximize profit, a...
Technology development pushed forward an access to underwater cultural heritage. Diving toolsdevelop...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DO...
In the early morning hours of April 15th, 1912, the RMS Titanic, the “unsinkable” ship hit an iceber...
Dr Sarah Dromgoole (Reader in Law, University of Leicester) charts the history of the legal protecti...
The recent discovery of the Titanic some 500 miles off the coast of Canada has given rise to the que...
The Buenos Aires draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage proposes in ...
In recent years, as technology permitting previously impossible underwater salvage operations has be...
This article examines the impact of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultur...
Whether historic wrecks should be subject to salvage regime and therefore capable of exploitation by...
This paper examines how US and proposed international law relate to the recovery of archaeological d...
Unlike land-based sources of cultural heritage, abandoned shipwrecks have been slow to receive prote...
This Note will examine the current state of international law concerning property rights to all type...
The salvage of historic shipwrecks involves a debate between profit-oriented salvagers, who wish to ...
The recovery of historic sunken military vessels raises a number of legal issues, including those of...
The salvage of historic shipwrecks involves a debate between salvors, who wish to maximize profit, a...
Technology development pushed forward an access to underwater cultural heritage. Diving toolsdevelop...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DO...