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The Earliest Ship Ever Found in the Deep Seas Discovered!
The Earliest Ship Ever Found in the Deep Seas Discovered!
A stunning discovery has been made on the Mediterranean Sea floor: a ship’s cargo from 3,300-3,400 years ago, laden with hundreds of intact vessels, was found at an extraordinary depth of 1.8 kilometers (1.1 miles). The cargo was unearthed during a routine survey conducted by Energean, an E&P natural gas company operating in offshore fields near Israel. The contents have been identified as Late Bronze Age Canaanite storage vessels by the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Jacob Sharvit, Head of the Israel Antiquities Authority Marine Unit, explained the significance of the find in an IAA statement:
“The ship seems to have sunk in crisis, either due to a storm or an attempted piracy attack – common occurrences in the Late Bronze Age. This is the first and oldest ship discovered in the Eastern Mediterranean deep sea, ninety kilometers (56 miles) from the nearest shore. This find reveals ancient mariners’ navigational skills, capable of traversing the Mediterranean without a line of sight to any coast. To navigate, they likely used celestial bodies, taking sightings and angles of the sun and stars.”
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