Discovery and Extraction
This young sponge diver discovered the Uluburun Shipwreck in 1982.
Who is Mehmet Çakır?
The Uluburun Shipwreck carried over 10 tons of this metal, essential for bronze production.
What is copper?
The Uluburun ship was built using this joinery method, where planks were locked together with wooden pegs.
What is mortise-and-tenon joinery?
The copper ingots on the Uluburun Shipwreck were sourced from this Mediterranean island.
What is Cyprus?
This gold artifact, inscribed with Nefertiti’s name, helped date the shipwreck.
What is a gold scarab?
The Uluburun Shipwreck was excavated over this many seasons, from 1984 to 1994.
What is 11 seasons?
This resin, found in Canaanite jars, was used for incense, perfume, and wine preservation.
What is Pistacia resin (or terebinth)?
The ship’s hull was primarily made of this type of wood, known for its durability.
What is cedar wood?
The tin ingots on the ship may have originated from this region, possibly Central Asia or Afghanistan.
What is Badakhshan?
The ship carried this many Canaanite jars, many of which contained Pistacia resin.
What is 149?
The shipwreck was found at depths ranging from this many meters below sea level.
What is 42–61 meters?
The ship carried approximately one ton of this metal, which, when combined with copper, produces bronze.
What is tin?
The ship was estimated to be this long, making it a medium-sized vessel for its time.
What is 15-16 meters?
This Egyptian queen’s name was inscribed on a gold scarab found on the ship.
Who is Nefertiti?
This type of pottery, found on the ship, included White Shaved juglets and Base-Ring II bowls.
What is Mycenaean pottery?
This institute, based at Texas A&M University, conducted the excavation of the Uluburun Shipwreck.
What is the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA)?
This luxury material, found on the ship, included elephant tusks and hippopotamus teeth.
What is ivory?
This many large stone anchors were found on the ship, used for ballast and anchoring.
What is 14?
The ship’s cargo suggests it was likely heading towards this region, possibly Mycenaean Greece.
What is the Aegean?
The ship carried a gold pendant depicting this fertility goddess holding gazelles.
Who is a nude fertility goddess?
Over this many dives were conducted during the excavation of the Uluburun Shipwreck.
What is 22,000 dives?
The ship carried 175 of these, which were early examples of raw glass trade.
What are glass ingots?
The ship’s cargo was carefully arranged in this many rows of copper ingots to ensure stability.
What is four rows?
These ancient correspondences document trade and diplomacy during the Late Bronze Age.
What are the Amarna Letters?
This small figurine, covered in gold foil, may have served as the ship’s protective deity.
What is a votive figurine?