What shape were many copper ingots?

Oxhide shaped, with four corners

Uluburun Shipwreck Quiz: A Bronze Age Cargo Off Turkey

This uluburun shipwreck quiz dives to a ship that sank about 3,300 years ago. Play 10 interactive questions on a sponge diver's report in 1982, excavation by the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, about ten tons of copper ingots and one ton of tin, the ratio for making bronze, glass ingots, ebony and ivory, a gold scarab linked to Nefertiti and the museum in Bodrum.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Country
Off which country's coast was the Uluburun wreck found?
Age
Roughly when did the ship sink?
Found
Who reported the wreck in 1982?
Copper
About how much copper did the ship carry?
Tin
About how much tin was aboard?
Bronze
Why does the ratio of copper to tin matter?
Shape
What shape were many copper ingots?
Glass
Which other raw material was carried?
Scarab
Whose name appears on a gold scarab from the wreck?
Museum
Where are the finds displayed?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Off which country's coast was the Uluburun wreck found?
Answer: Turkey
Near Kaş.
Q2: Roughly when did the ship sink?
Answer: About 1300 BC
The Late Bronze Age.
Q3: Who reported the wreck in 1982?
Answer: A sponge diver
He saw metal biscuits with ears.
Q4: About how much copper did the ship carry?
Answer: About ten tons
In ingots.
Q5: About how much tin was aboard?
Answer: About one ton
A ten-to-one ratio.
Q6: Why does the ratio of copper to tin matter?
Answer: It matches the mix for bronze
Bronze needs both.
Q7: What shape were many copper ingots?
Answer: Oxhide shaped, with four corners
Easy to carry.
Q8: Which other raw material was carried?
Answer: Glass ingots
Blue glass.
Q9: Whose name appears on a gold scarab from the wreck?
Answer: Nefertiti
An Egyptian queen.
Q10: Where are the finds displayed?
Answer: Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology
In a castle.

A Bronze Age Cargo

Around 1300 BC, a merchant ship sank off Uluburun near Kaş on the coast of Turkey. In 1982 a sponge diver reported seeing metal biscuits with ears, and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology excavated the wreck over many seasons.

The ship carried about ten tons of copper ingots, many in oxhide shapes with four corners, and about one ton of tin, matching the ten-to-one mix for making bronze. It also carried blue glass ingots, ebony, ivory and luxury goods from many lands.

A gold scarab bearing the name of Egyptian queen Nefertiti was among the finds. The cargo, displayed in the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology, reveals a busy trade network across the Bronze Age Mediterranean.

What This Quiz Teaches

History fans will enjoy these questions.

Where the wreck lies
When it sank
What cargo it carried
Why the ratio matters
Where finds are shown

Did You Know?

A replica ship was built and sailed.
Divers worked at great depths.
Jewelry came from several cultures.
The museum is in Bodrum Castle.
It is one of the oldest known wrecks.