Arturo Rey da Silva

Arturo Rey da Silva is a maritime archaeologist and heritage researcher who has worked on archaeological, cultural and diplomatic projects around the world. During a decade with UNESCO, his work took him across Africa, the Arab Region, Central Asia and Latin America, helping countries investigate and protect their maritime heritage.His writing explores the ocean as a place of shared history, where shipwrecks and ancient sites meet fishing traditions, navigation, community knowledge and collective memory. Arturo asks how these connections to the past can help us understand the ocean today—and shape how we care for it in the future.‍