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A 3,300-year-old ship has been discovered at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, making it one of the oldest shipwrecks ever discovered and rewriting our understanding of sailing in the ancient world, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority., making it one of the oldest shipwrecks ever discovered and rewriting our understanding of sailing in the ancient world, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
The site is one of the oldest shipwrecks discovered in the region, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. Yaakov Sharvit, director of the Maritime Archeology Unit at the antiquities authority, said the ship may have been wrecked by a storm or an encounter with pirates. Sharvit said the jugs found on board were commercial vessels that would probably have contained oil, wine, or other agricultural products like fruit, indicating that maritime trade took place across the sea.
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