
NAP congratulates Dr. Shelley Wachsmann, Meadows Professor of Biblical Archaeology, for being selected as a recipient of the Archaeological Institute of America’s (AIA) Publication Subvention Grant. In his new book, Late Bronze Age Metal Artifacts off Hahotrim, Israel (Texas A&M University Press, 2024), Wachsmann analyzes an assemblage of metal artifacts and ingots, proposing that they were dumped overboard by sailors attempting to dislodge their ships from sandbars in the area. Members of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) receive a 30% discount on all Nautical Archaeology book titles published by Texas A&M University Press!