Submerged rocky shoal, Shiekh Awad center, 9-14 m depth. Stone, lead and iron anchors from Late Bronze Age to the Byzantine period. Open sea anchorage, underwater park in preparation (lead ingots from the 13th century CE taken from assemblage no. 14 map 1, granite columns taken from assemblage no. 11 map 1) later covered by sand.
Galili E., Sharvit J. and Dahari U. 2001. Ashkelon and the Sea in Light of the Archaeological Coastal and Underwater Finds. In A. Sasson Z., Safrai and N. Sagiv eds. Book of Ashkelon. Pp. 11-38 (Hebrew).
Submerged rocky shoal, Shiekh Awad center, 9-14 m depth. Stone, lead and iron anchors from Late Bronze Age to the Byzantine period. Open sea anchorage, underwater park in preparation (lead ingots from the 13th century CE taken from assemblage no. 14 map 1, granite columns taken from assemblage no. 11 map 1) later covered by sand.