Students, professor join team researching ancient shipwrecks preserved in the depths Underwater archaeology.
You don’t hear the phrase often, but it’s a passion for Dan Davis, Luther assistant professor of classics. Last summer Davis had a rare chance to indulge that passion during an expedition in the Black Sea sponsored by National Geographic, and, in keeping with the Luther tradition of studentfaculty collaborative research, he brought along two students—Joe Thor ’12 and Jeff Emerson ’13. In round-the-clock shifts, they monitored constant streams of data, worked beside worldrenowned scholars and an international crew of sailors, and explored a dozen shipwrecks, some as old as the fourth century B.C.
Winter 2013 Luther Alumni Magazine
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