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The Uluburun Shipwreck is a Late Bronze Age shipwreck dated to the late 14th century BC, [1] discovered close to the east shore of Uluburun (Grand Cape), Turkey, in the Mediterranean Sea. [2] The shipwreck was discovered in the summer of 1982 by Mehmed Çakir, a local sponge diver from Yalıkavak , a village near Bodrum .
In 1982, a diver discovered a shipwreck off the shore of Uluburun, Turkey. [8] The ship contained 317 copper ingots in the normal oxhide shape, 36 with only two corner protrusions, 121 shaped like buns, and five shaped like pillows.
Canaanite shipwreck – c. 1300 BC 90 kilometres (56 mi) off the north coast of Israel, in the Mediterranean Sea at a depth of 1,800 metres (5,900 ft). [2] The Uluburun shipwreck – 1300 BC. The Cape Gelidonya shipwreck – 1200 BC. The Zambratija shipwreck – 1200 - 1000 BC. 7th century BC. Gozo Phoenician shipwreck off the coast of Malta. [3]
This was the oldest known shipwreck at the time, only being surpassed by the discovery of the Uluburun shipwreck in the early 1980s. This was one of the first projects that led to the development of the field of nautical archaeology , along with the excavation of the Viking Skuldelev ships at Roskilde in 1962, and the discovery and raising of ...
Archaeological evidence for this trade comes from the Uluburun shipwreck, dated to the late 14th century BC. Part of its cargo consisted of the earliest known intact glass ingots: about 175 ingots of cylindrical shape, in blue shades from lavender to turquoise, as well as uncolored ones. [7]
Late Bronze Age ships, such as the Uluburun Shipwreck have been discovered in the Mediterranean, constructed of edge joined planks. This shipbuilding technology continued through the classical period. The 2023 announcement of the Orca Shipwreck is considered the earliest deep-sea shipwreck to be discovered.
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c. 1320 – 1295 BC: the sinking of the Uluburun shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea south of modern-day Kaş. [8] Lycian pirates from southwest Anatolia raid the kingdom of Alashiya in Cyprus. They are employed as mercenaries by the Hittites and take part in the Battle of Kadesh. [9]