The Ma‘agan Mikhael ship, dated to 400 BC, was built shell-first. Due its significance, the archaeological find completely excavated, retrieved from seabed, conserved, and is now displayed in Hecht Museum at University of Haifa. construction a sailing replica ship took two years (2014–2016), using techniques ancient shipwrights. launched December 2016, since then has made more than 50 sailings ...