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June 24, 2024

The Oldest Ships Ever Discovered Have Been Found Off of Israel’s Coast

A new perspective on ancient mariners.

While the book of Genesis has Jacob prophesy that the territory of the tribe of Zebulun “shall be a haven for ships,” archaeologists have generally believed that in the Bronze Age seafaring vessels were fairly limited in their range. The recent discovery of ancient craft from around the putative time of Moses changes that conclusion, as Renee Ghert-Zand writes:

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