Hundreds of intact ancient amphorae have been found on the seabed off the coast of Israel, a government authority said on Thursday, describing it as a “groundbreaking discovery.” The approximately 3,300 to 3,400-year-old storage vessels were on board a ship, the Israel Antiquities Authority said. Two containers that were recently recovered were used to store oil, wine and fruit and date back to the late Bronze Age and belonged to the Canaanites, who preceded the Israelites in the region that covered modern-day Israel, Lebanon and parts of Jordan and Syria. The large number of amphorae on board…