Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos)

Why it mattersKey Canaanite (?) mixed Levantine-Mycenaean-Egyptian royal cargo with Uluburun copper/tin 10 t/1 t 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. 1320 BCE wreck (Hallstatt dated bronze? No late Bronze 1320)

Period

Late Bronze Age (c.1320 BCE) Palatial cargo ship 15–16 m

Culture

Canaanite (?) mixed Levantine-Mycenaean-Egyptian royal cargo with Uluburun copper/tin 10 t/1 t

Purpose

Oldest royal wreck of world — 20 t cargo (10 t copper ox-hide ingots 354, 1 t tin, Canaanite jars 149, Mycenaean, 1 t terebinth resin) on 45° reef 48 m

Rediscovered

Modern excavation 1903

Excavation

Excavated

1. c. 1320 BCE wreck (Hallstatt dated bronze? No late Bronze 1320)

   Initial construction / first occupation at Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos)

2. 1890 excavation

   Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos)

• Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos) — Principal Harbour

  harbour

  harbour at Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos) — outlier feature

  36.1245° N · 29.6862° E

• Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos) — Northern Wall

  wall

  wall at Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos) — hydraulic feature

  36.1231° N · 29.6861° E

• Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos) — Southern Temple

  temple

  temple at Uluburun Wreck — Late Bronze Age Royal Cargo Reef (Kolpos) — outlier feature

  36.1249° N · 29.6852° E