Over 3000-Year-Old Shipwreck With Intact Cargo Discovered Off Israel

Over 3000-Year-Old Shipwreck With Intact Cargo Discovered off Israel
Image Credits: Israel Antiquities Authority/Facebook

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has discovered the oldest ship ever found in the deep seas.

Energean, a natural gas firm that operates offshore fields near Israel, discovered the 3,300-year-old ship’s cargo 90 kilometres off Israel’s northern coast at a depth of 1.8 kilometres in the Mediterranean Sea while conducting a routine inspection.

The ship, built between the 14th and 13th centuries BCE, was carrying hundreds of unharmed amphorae...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/over-3000-year-old-shipwreck-with-intact-cargo-discovered-off-israel/

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