The merchant ship was carrying in the metropolis bronze, amphorae, statues and money.
Off the coast of Israel near Caesarea divers found the sunken ship with valuable cargo on it. The ship sank more than 1,600 years ago and was carrying pagan treasure.
Two weeks ago, two local Amateur divers discovered in Israel near the city of Caesarea sunken ship with valuable cargo on it. Sea vessel of about 1600 years, and the found treasure is a pagan statues and coins of the era of the reign of the Roman Empire of Constantine and Licinius, as proof of multiple images of Roman rulers in old money.
The finding reported in the Israel antiquities authority, after notification to the place of profit professional archaeologists and divers began to excavate at the bottom of the sea. During the expedition were found stuck together ancient coins, and many statues made of bronze, among them bore the image of the God Dionysus and the goddess of the moon, fragments of an anchor of a sunken ship and its parts, including the nails that fastened the wooden decks.
The event is a sensation, because in the last 30 years there was no major finds of treasure in Israel, and found objects unique and very ancient. Archaeologists continue to explore ancient antiquity.
