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Object · about 400 BCE
The Ma'agan Mikhael ship
A small merchant ship discovered in 1985 off the Carmel coast, conserved for years and displayed today at the Hecht Museum. The date "about 400 BCE" is the museum's; the placement in the Persian period is ours.
- Region
- The Levant
- Material
- Wood (hull); an intact anchor
- Held by
- Hecht Museum, University of Haifa