Phoenician Shipwreck: Ma’agan Mikha’el Shipwreck

That Ma’agan Mikha’el Shipwreck was a late 5th century BC shipwreck found 35 km south of Haifa. It was built of Aleppo pine, was 13m long and had a hull 4m wide. Cargo and items aboard: 70 ceramic items (some basket-handle store jars, cooking pot, mortaria, oil lamps, jugs, juglets, cups), carved wooden boxes, shipwright’s toolkit, woven basket, rope, food remains (grapes, olives, barley), and metal objects (incense scoop and nails).


Written by      First published June 9, 2009      Last modified June 9, 2009
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