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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 MAY 2012
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND ITS PUBLICATION IN THE AREA OF MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY WITH PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO THE MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE LEBANESE, WESTERN SYRIAN AND CYPRIOT COAST AND ARCHAEOLOGICALLY ASSOCIATED MARITIME WRECKS FOUND ELSEWHERE IN MEDITERRANEAN WATERS, BY ANY MEANS WHICH SHALL BE RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY:
1) THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS TO FURTHER THEIR STUDY OF MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY
2) THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF ANY MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY PAPERS OWNED BY THE CHARITY OR WHICH MAY BE PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF RESEARCH FUNDED BY THE CHARITY
3) THE MAKING OF GRANTS TO MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES AND OTHER NATIONAL OR LOCAL INSTITUTIONS (PARTICULARLY BUT NOT NECESSARILY EXCLUSIVELY THE BRITISH MUSEUM) TO ASSIST THEM IN DISPLAYING TO THE PUBLIC WORKS RELEVANT TO THE STUDY OF MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY AND TO ASSIST IN THE HOLDING OF RELEVANT LECTURES AND SEMINARS
4) TO SUPPORT BY WHATEVER MEANS ARE APPROPRIATE EXCAVATIONS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, PORTS, HARBOURS, OFFSHORE ANCHORAGES AND ANCIENT ANCHORS FOUND UNDERSEA OR EXCAVATED AS EX VOTOS IN TEMPLES AND SHRINES WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO LEVANTINE ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE HISTORY OF FISHING
5) TO SUPPORT BY WHATEVER MEANS ARE APPROPRIATE CONSERVATION WORK RELEVANT TO THE MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY OF LEBANON, WESTERN SYRIA AND CYPRUS
6) TO PROVIDE GRANTS TOWARDS EXCHANGE VISITS OF MUSEUM STAFF FROM THE LEBANON, SYRIA AND CYPRUS
7) TO PROVIDE GRANTS TOWARDS THE TRAINING OF INDIVIDUALS OF LEBANESE, SYRIAN AND CYPRIOT ORIGIN IN THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION WORK RELEVANT TO MARINE ARCHAEOLOGY IN THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
