Roman Shipwreck Discovered in Caesarea Harbor

The Israel Antiquities Authority has announced the discovery of Late Roman period shipwreck in the ancient harbor of Caesarea by recreational divers. The ship had been carrying bronze statues, coins, and iron anchors, all thought to have been slated for recycling. 

The ship may be sank during a storm that buried the objects including a bronze lamp depicting the Roman Sun god Sol, a sculpture of the moon goddess Luna, and fragments of three life-size bronze statues. The archaeologists explained that metal statues are rare finds because they were usually melted down because the statues were were wrecked together with the ship, they sank in the water and thus were saved from the recycling process.