1. The Kyrenia Shipwreck
... 10 by 19 meters that was sunken into the sandy bottom and covered with Poseidon grass. The late Michael Katzev, who was one of the first to see this underwater treasure and was the founder of this excavation, applied for permission to excavate the ship from the Director of the Department of Antiquities, and began to organize funding for this full ... the impact of the ship hitting the bottom, archaeologists discovered eleven different types of amphorae in the ship's cargo. The most common type is the Rhodian, meaning "from Rhodes", an island which was not too far from the isle of Cyprus...
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- Grade Level: High School
