Amazing stuff!
"The cargo, containing hundreds of containers still intact, was found during a standard survey executed by Energean, the natural gas company that operates the Karish, Karish North, Katlan, and Tanin gas rigs off the coast of Israel. ...
“This is both the first and the oldest ship found in the Eastern Mediterranean’s deep sea, ninety kilometers from the nearest shore.” ...
“This is both the first and the oldest ship found in the Eastern Mediterranean’s deep sea, ninety kilometers from the nearest shore.” ...
“This is a world-class, historical-altering discovery,” he continued. “This find reveals to us as never before the ancient mariners’ navigational skills – capable of traversing the Mediterranean Sea without a line of sight of any coast.” ...
A special tool was built specifically to extract artifacts without harming the entire assemblage.
“The robot’s survey and mapping of the site clarified this to be a sunken ship, ca. 12-14 meters long, which was transporting hundreds of vessels, of which only some are visible above the ocean floor,” ... “The muddy bottom conceals a second layer of vessels, and it seems that the wooden beams of the ship are also buried within the mud.” ...
Only two other shipwrecks carrying cargo from the Late Bronze Age have been discovered in the Mediterranean Sea: the Cape Gelidonya boat and the Uluburun boat, both located off the coast of Turkey. However, both were found near the shore and were “accessible using normal diving equipment,” ..."
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