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National Geographic : 1987 Dec
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First look at a merchantman 34 centuries old 694 T WAS A STAGGERING LOSS when this 50-foot vessel, laden with valuable goods and vital commodities from around the Mediterranean and beyond, sank near the sheer promontory called Ulu Burun. But now it has become a find of tremendous significance for the author's team from the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) in Texas. Since a Turkish sponge diver first located a trove of ingots on the seabed in 1982, the INA team has spent four years excavating and studying the vessel, developing an idea of how she may have looked in life. Elements of the ship
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