"The discovery of the remains of the ship from the 14th-13th century BCE proves that Late Bronze Age mariners could navigate the seas without a line of sight to the shore, contrary to what was previously believed, the IAA said.

The approximately 3,300-year-old ship with a cargo of hundreds of intact amphorae was found 90 kilometers off northern Israel's coast, at a depth of 1.8 km.

"Only two other shipwrecks with cargo are known from the Late Bronze Age in the Mediterranean Sea ... both found off the Turkish coast. Yet both of those shipwrecks were found relatively close to shore," said Jacob Sharvit, head of the IAA marine unit.

"There is tremendous potential here for research. [This newly discovered] ship is preserved at such a great depth that time has frozen since the moment of disaster. Its body and contents have not been disturbed by the human hand, nor affected by waves and currents, which do impact shipwrecks in shallower waters," he said."

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