” They map the article shows says the ship sailed from Jengdezhan in China to the Levantine Sea (Easter Med.), where it foundered, via...the Suez (Canal)?”
It’s the Daily Mail so I would expect mistakes like that.
This article https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/18/mediterranean-shipwrecks-reveal-birth-of-globalisation-in-trade mentions
“The ship, which is thought to have sunk around 1630, while sailing between Egypt and Istanbul”
Uh, I've got the Daily Mail article loaded, and it doesn't say Suez Canal.
Thanks for the link! I knew a fellow FReeper could unravel it!