Shipwreck reveals previously unknown Mediterranean metal trade routes

Israeli researchers analyzed cargo from a 3,200-year-old shipwreck which demonstrated previously unknown elaborate trading links in the Mediterranean basin during the Late Bronze Age.

Photograph of the four lead ingots recovered from the southern anchorage of Caesarea.

Photograph of the four lead ingots recovered from the southern anchorage of Caesarea.

(photo credit: UDI GALILI)

ByJUDITH SUDILOVSKY

FEBRUARY 21, 2022 17:27

Updated: FEBRUARY 21, 2022 18:04