2,500 years on, replica of sunken ship sets sail from Israel

[BibleSteve]

An identical replica of a 2,500-year-old merchant vessel that ran aground off the coast of present-day Israel set sail from the port of Haifa on Friday.

The original ship ran aground 500 years before Christ's birth, but was discovered in 1985 south of the northern Israeli city.

The small vessel was pulled from the depths three years later, a statement from the University of Haifa and the Israel Antiquities Authority said.

It had been exceptionally conserved as it was buried under sand for two millennia and was therefore protected from erosion, archaeologist Avner Hilman of the Antiquities Authority said.

 

http://www.france24.com/en/20170317-2500-years-replica-sunken-ship-sets-sail-israel

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I can picture the Apostle Paul standing on the starboard bow.