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Compared aspect: Two wooden hulls from the north: sea versus lake, carbon-14 and pottery versus "some 2,000 years ago" per the centre

The surviving wooden hull of the Ma'agan Michael ship, planks and ribs on a support frame in the museum hall — Photograph of the object The Ma'agan Michael ship - the original hull as displayed at the Hecht Museum, University of Haifa; a visitor's photograph, July 2010. This is the archaeological ship, not the sailing replica.Oren Rozen · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

The remains of the wooden boat from the Sea of Galilee, a dark hull on a support frame in the display hall — Photograph of the object The ancient Galilee boat as displayed at the Yigal Allon Centre, Ginosar; a visitor's photograph (CC0). The date in the file name is the uploader's, not a dating source.Ywpark2003 (Prof. Yong Woo Park) · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · Source · CC0 1.0

The ancient Galilee boat from Ginosar

A wooden boat exposed in 1986 on the bed of the Sea of Galilee, conserved for 14 years and displayed at the Yigal Allon Centre. The centre dates it "some 2,000 years ago": a wording without a range, so the boat is not placed on the timeline.

The Ma'agan Mikhael ship · The ancient Galilee boat from Ginosar
Compared aspect	The Ma'agan Mikhael ship	The ancient Galilee boat from Ginosar
Kind of find	Ships and boats	Ships and boats
Date as given by the source	Late 5th century BCE (about 400 BCE), by carbon-14 tests and the pottery	"some 2,000 years ago", per the centre
Period	The Persian period: empire and local life Placed here per a cited source	Not yet placed on the timeline
Culture or attribution	Not recorded by the source	Not recorded by the source
Material	Wood (hull); an intact anchor	Wood
Dimensions	Not recorded by the source	"Measuring some 8 meters in length", per the centre
Findspot	Off the shore of Kibbutz Ma'agan Mikhael, about 70 m from the shore at about 2 m depth	The exposed bed of the Sea of Galilee near the Ginosar shore, not far from Magdala, after a drought
Region	The Levant	The Levant
Held by	Hecht Museum, University of Haifa	Yigal Allon Centre, Ginosar
Display	Hecht Museum, University of Haifa · On display; the museum is under renovation with some wings temporarily closed, the ship among the open areas (per the page) According to the museum record as read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.	Yigal Allon Centre, Ginosar · The visitor gallery at the far end of the Yigal Allon Centre According to the museum record as read on 22.10.2026; display changes, so check before visiting.
Record number	Not recorded by the source	Not recorded by the source
Source	Museum record	Museum record

Display status is what the public record said on the day it was checked; confirm on the museum's site before visiting. What do held, displayed and loaned mean?