A merchant vessel found about 5,900 feet beneath the Mediterranean Sea off Israel was identified as the oldest deep-sea shipwreck discovered to date, dating to the late Bronze Age.
Sources
- Seventy-Seven Fascinating Finds Revealed in 2024, From ... (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.timesofisrael.com/3300-year-old-ship-found-off-israeli-coast-is-oldest-ever-found-in-deep-waters/ (timesofisrael.com)
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oldest-shipwreck-mediterranean-sea-cargo-recovered-israeli-scientists-say (cbsnews.com)
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oldest-deep-sea-shipwreck-discovered-off-israel/ (scientificamerican.com)
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