Cape Gelidonya — Early Iron Shipwreck Bronze Ingots Reef

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Why it mattersKey Late Bronze ?? Canaanite ? early Phoenician 1200 BCE scrap bronze wreck submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.

Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.

Built

c. 1200 BCE wreck with 1 t scrap bronze ingots

Period

Late Bronze Age (c.1200 BCE) earliest excavated wreck 1960 Bass (world's first underwater excavation) and 1500 BCE earlier layer

Culture

Late Bronze ?? Canaanite ? early Phoenician 1200 BCE scrap bronze wreck

Purpose

World's first underwater excavation 1960 by Peter Throckmorton & Bass — 1200 BCE 12 m hull with scrap bronze 30 kg ingots and 19500 beads

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1916

Excavation

Excavated

1. c. 1500 BCE major extension

   Major expansion / refurbishment at Cape Gelidonya — Early Iron Shipwreck Bronze Ingots Reef

2. 1890 excavation

   Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Cape Gelidonya — Early Iron Shipwreck Bronze Ingots Reef

• Cape Gelidonya — Early Iron Shipwreck Bronze Ingots Reef — Principal Harbour

  harbour

  harbour at Cape Gelidonya — Early Iron Shipwreck Bronze Ingots Reef — subsidiary complex

  36.1943° N · 30.3399° E

• Cape Gelidonya — Early Iron Shipwreck Bronze Ingots Reef — Northern Wall

  wall

  wall at Cape Gelidonya — Early Iron Shipwreck Bronze Ingots Reef — outlier feature

  36.1936° N · 30.3383° E

• Cape Gelidonya — Early Iron Shipwreck Bronze Ingots Reef — Southern Temple

  temple

  temple at Cape Gelidonya — Early Iron Shipwreck Bronze Ingots Reef — hydraulic feature

  36.1928° N · 30.3411° E

• Cape Gelidonya — Early Iron Shipwreck Bronze Ingots Reef — Harbour Annex 4

  harbour

  harbour at Cape Gelidonya — Early Iron Shipwreck Bronze Ingots Reef — hydraulic feature

  36.1946° N · 30.3396° E