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A Canaanite shipwreck dating from the Late Bronze Age was found in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in June 2024, 90 km (56 mi) off the shoreline of Israel.According to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the ship belonged to ancient Canaanite merchants and was the oldest shipwreck to be discovered in deep water as of June 2024.
The wooden ship sank about 90 kilometers (55 miles) off Israel's Mediterranean coast and was discovered at a depth of 1,800 meters (1.1 miles) by Energean, a natural gas company which operates a ...
Dalmanutha, possibly the name of the ancient town on whose shore the boat was found; Magdala, where a mosaic depicting a similar boat was discovered; Mendel Nun, expert on the history and archaeology of the Sea of Galilee, established the House of Anchors Fishing Museum in 1995 at Kibbutz Ein Gev; Jesus preaches in a ship
The wreck is also claimed by U.S.-based salvage company Sea Search Armada -- which insists it found it first more than 40 years ago and has taken Colombia to the UN's Permanent Court of ...
The wreck is approximately 100 m off the coast of Ashkelon, Israel [2] at a depth of around 3–4 m in the Mediterranean Sea. [3] The city of Ashkelon was once a bustling trade port; however multiple ancient reports say that Ashkelon was a poor site for a port, citing the frequent storms and lack of a safe harbor.
The S.S. Point Reyes, long ago abandoned at the edge of Tomales Bay, has been loved and abused by decades of visitors. And its days appear to be numbered.
"On the night of June 6, 1853, the clipper ship Carrier Pigeon ran aground 500 feet off shore of the central California coast. The area is now called Pigeon Point in her honor. The Carrier Pigeon was a state-of-the art, 19th Century clipper ship. She was 175 feet long with a narrow, 34 foot beam and rated at about 845 tons burden.
When the shipwreck is recovered, it is expected that there will be a dispute over who should lay claim to the bounty. A US salvage consortium called Glocca Morra claimed to have located the San ...