Just did a dive at "Dor", in israel.
It's a dive center, that specilizes in archeology.
About 30 meters from the beach, at about 3 meters deep there is a beautifull wreck of a 500 years old ship. You can precticaly see the way it's built.
It's a small ship, even for it's time no more than 12 meters long, 3 meters wide. You can see all of the ribs. It was dug out a few months ago, then covered with a special material to guard the wood from deteriorating.
No more than 10 meters away from this ship, there is another one. This one is "only" 300 years old, but unfortunately, almost completly covered by sand. It's only marking is a small plastic container tied to it's front cannon, and several wooden ribs that stuck a few centimeters off the sand.
The place, is a natural small harbor, a natural bay surounded by several small islands. The size of the bay is about 150*70 meters, and there are 17 different ancient ships there, that are known of, probobly more that are still unknown.
About a year ago, a 2500 years old ship was digged completly and taken out of the water, after being covered with special materials, to the university musium.
It's just amazing. I love marine archeology, and this place is probobly about the best in the world. Just think of it-In the past 4000 years, at least 2 ships (and this is very coservative) sank every year along the shores of israel.
It's a dive center, that specilizes in archeology.
About 30 meters from the beach, at about 3 meters deep there is a beautifull wreck of a 500 years old ship. You can precticaly see the way it's built.
It's a small ship, even for it's time no more than 12 meters long, 3 meters wide. You can see all of the ribs. It was dug out a few months ago, then covered with a special material to guard the wood from deteriorating.
No more than 10 meters away from this ship, there is another one. This one is "only" 300 years old, but unfortunately, almost completly covered by sand. It's only marking is a small plastic container tied to it's front cannon, and several wooden ribs that stuck a few centimeters off the sand.
The place, is a natural small harbor, a natural bay surounded by several small islands. The size of the bay is about 150*70 meters, and there are 17 different ancient ships there, that are known of, probobly more that are still unknown.
About a year ago, a 2500 years old ship was digged completly and taken out of the water, after being covered with special materials, to the university musium.
It's just amazing. I love marine archeology, and this place is probobly about the best in the world. Just think of it-In the past 4000 years, at least 2 ships (and this is very coservative) sank every year along the shores of israel.
