The research programme depends on the support of our worldwide collaborators

If you represent an organisation which you believe could help this project, we would very much like to hear from you.

FUGRO video – FUGRO deploys advanced geoscience in the search for Ithaca

We are particularly grateful to FUGRO for their multi-year sponsorship of a comprehensive programme of geophysical research and 3-dimensional surface and sub-surface mapping including ground, airborne and marine surveys, borehole drilling and core analysis, supplemented by sponsorship of a geology PhD student whose thesis was based on the data produced.

Continuing analysis of the data has further increased our understanding of the underlying geology and tectonic profile of the locations that are key to resolving the question at the heart of the Odysseus Unbound hypothesis – was Paliki a separate island at the time of Odysseus in the Late Bronze Age?


Our thanks are due to the following organisations and individuals who have generously assisted the project with resources and expertise. For further details, click on the appropriate logo.

Michael Marks Charitable TrustUKMarks Trust crestMarina, Lady Marks PhD OMKM, ChairmanDonation towards our research
National Technical University of AthensGreeceNTUA logoAssociate Professor George ApostolopoulosGeophysical research and analysis including EMR, GPR and Resistivity surveys
Summery Hotel, LixouriGreeceSummery HotelTitika FaraklouDonation of accommodation, conference and hospitality services
Caesar’s Limo, KefaloniaGreeceCaesar's Limo, KefaloniaConstantinos AravantinosTransport and logistics services
IGMEGreeceIGME logoConstantine PerissoratisMarine seismic survey equipment and expertise and overall project certification
NASAUSANASA World WindPatrick Hogan, Randy Kim, Chris MaxwellDevelopmental liaison and priority access to interactive 3D global visualisation capabilities
RadarteamSwedenRadarteamPer WikstroemGround penetrating radar antennae and survey skills
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of ArtUKRLAHAChristopher Bronk Ramsey and Jean-Luc SchwenningerRadiocarbon dating and optical luminescence dating expertise
GSSIUSAGSSIDan Welch and Dennis JohnsonGround penetrating radar equipment and survey skills
Allied AssociatesUKAllied AssociatesNorman BellGround penetrating radar equipment
BPUKBPTony HaywardFinancial support for geophysical research by Edinburgh University students
GeoserviceGreeceGeoservice logoKlisthenis Dimitriadis and Manolis SarrikostisGeophysical borehole logging equipment and consultancy
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – Geological InstituteBulgariaBGI logo enKristalina StoykovaPaleontological, stratigraphical and sedimentological analysis of borehole microfossils
GeosoftCanada and UKGeosoftWayne HigginsProvision of Geosoft Education Edition software for computerised analysis of gravitational anomalies
ScintrexCanadaScintrexChris NindProvision of CG-5 Autograv Gravity Meter for field data capture of gravitational anomalies