Two Archaeological Sites of Phoenician Shipwrecks | ancient civilization

Israel / Hadarom / Ashqelon /
 shipwreck, ancient civilization, invisible
Location (will be adjusted) of the two Phoenician ships Tanit and Elissa of c. 750 B.C. that foundered 46km off Gaza with cargoes of wine in amphoras. The crew of the U.S. Navy deep submergence research submarine NR-1 discovered the sites in 1997 and in 1999 a team led by Robert Ballard and Harvard University archaeology Professor Lawrence Stager investigated the wrecks. Dr. Ballard reported that one of the ships, the largest ancient ship ever discovered measuring 60 feet (18 meters long) was found 1625 feet (500 meters) under the Mediterranean. A smaller ship was found three kilometers away, measured forty-two feet (thirteen meters) in length. Ballard noted that the ships' contents included many ceramic amphorae were originally filled with wine. Further, he suggested that they were on their way from the port of Tyre to either Egypt or Tunisia when they sank in a violent storm. The amphorae were found intact. Owing to the bitterly cold water temperature, the lack of sunlight, and intense pressure at such depths, the jars were well preserved and in pristine condition. Even though the wood of the vessels had disintegrated, the shape and length of the ships were deduced from the position of the amphorae. From the artifacts recovered -- amphorae, crockery for food preparation, an incense stand for offerings to the weather gods, and a wine decanter -- archaeologists were able to identify that the ship's point of origin was Phoenicia.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv0EzqrA_g4

phoenicia.org/wine.html
www.learnersonline.com/weekly/archive99/week25/index.ht...
articles.chicagotribune.com/1999-06-24/news/9906240153_...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_wine#History
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Coordinates:   31°45'24"N   34°21'6"E

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  • Recently in this area some sunk ships, allegedly AD were revealed 2-4 centuries. Now discussion of creation of an underwater museum, after a cargo raising is conducted
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