Ship Excavation Sheds Light on Napoleon's Attack on the Holy Land

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Marine archaeology excavations off the coast of Acre. Credit: Steve Breitstein
Marine archaeology excavations off the coast of Acre. Credit: Steve Breitstein

Which navy commissioned the boat that sunk off the coast of Acre 200 years ago, which battles was it involved in and how did it end up at the bottom of the sea? The recent findings of marine archaeologists at the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies of the University of Haifa may provide the answers to these questions.


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