Archaeology, especially uncovering shipwrecks, sheds light on many questions on the importance of trade between Mediterranean countries of the Bronze Age. The 3,000 year old merchant ship held artifacts from Mycenaean, Greece, Phoenicia, and Canaanite; each crucial to the story of antiquity and trade. Bass and his team connected the artifacts to different trading locations around the Mediterranean Sea. The Canaanites initially traded raw materials and metal ingots. The glass was chemically identical to Mycenaean and Egyptian glass. The analyzed pottery associated to Assyrian and Mycenaean regions. Frankincense and myrrh derived from South Arabia or Somalia, and the copper artifacts originated from the Palestinian coast and the island of Cyprus.
