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  • 3,300-year-old ship discovered off Israeli coast, the oldest ever found in deep waters

    06/20/2024 9:10:41 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 39 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | June 20, 2024 | Renee Ghert-Zand
    In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Thursday that a natural gas company's standard survey of the Eastern Mediterranean floor had uncovered the most ancient ship ever found in the deep seas.The discovery of the remains of the ship from the 14th-13th century BCE proves that Late Bronze Age mariners could navigate the seas without a line of sight to the shore, contrary to what was previously believed, the IAA said.The approximately 3,300-year-old ship with a cargo of hundreds of intact amphorae was found 90 kilometers off northern Israel's coast, at a depth of 1.8 km...The exciting...