Canaanite shipwreck

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. The wreck site consists of hundreds of storage jars while the structure of the ship itself have yet to be found.

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. Two jars were retrieved and dated to 1300 BCE. As of June 2024, there were plans to exhibit the jars in the National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel in Jerusalem. The rest of the cargo has been left undisturbed.

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