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From his water- front home in Kibbutz Nachsholim, Kurt Raveh watched with enormous satisfaction. For nine long years he had been wait- ing for such a storm. In the morning he donned his diving equipment and descended to the shallow depths of the an- cient harbor of Dor, not far from Caesarea, and found what he had long been expecting. The storm had shifted millions of tons of un- derwater sand and had uncovered the wrecks of at least three an- cient ships, one dating back to Canaanite times almost 3,500 years ago. For six days Raveh and his col- league, Ehud Galili, hauled up to the surface precious historical treasures from the three ships, in a race against time and sand. Be- fore the week was over the rolling ocean waves had once again co- vered the sites, but the exact loca- tions have at last been pinpointed. The amazing finds are today the hottest show in Israel, and thousands of Israelis and tourists are streaming to the Rockefeller Musuem in Jerusalem to see what the underwater archeologists brought up. For example, they found a huge ceramic jug, too heavy to move. They broke it open, and out poured half-a-ton of old bronze coins! Not everything was taken to Jerusalem. Raveh, director of the Center of Nautical and Regional Archeology, has his own museum at the kibbutz, housed in a former Rothschild glass factory which is a museum in itself. Amazingly, the heavy blanket of sand served to protect the car- goes from deterioration and oxidi- zation far better than if the relics had been on land. Wooden timbers are in a remarkably well- preserved state. Raveh has a batch of honey which had been crystallized 1,500 years ago. The finds have opened up entirely new approaches to our knowledge of life in those distant years. "The sinking of each ship was very much like the volcanic en- gulfment of Pompeii," Raveh says. "It was a sudden tragedy. There was no time or place to flee with valuables, or to hide them. Everything remained just as it was." Around the picturesque old glass factory is a remarkable gar- den, not of vegetation but of an- cient stone anchors, some as much as 3,000 years old, and fished up from the same site in recent years. A Napoleonic cannon, dumped by the French troops during their re- treat from Acco, has a fascinating tale of its own. It will take at least 20 years just to study and classify all the finds, and that is only a beginning. "The treasure here is history," says Raveh, a former Dutch air- line pilot and adventurer who set- tled at the kibbutz in 1973. To him 0,4111,11. 3■11,x the hull of a Phoenician ship is more precious than gold. Alongside the kibbutz are the parellel land excavations of Tel Dor, directed by Ephraim Stern of the Hebrew University Archeol- ogy Department. Dor was the only port of the ancient kingdom of Is- rael, and the remains thus far un- covered give promise of more ex- citement in the archeological world. If the present staff engaged in this work continues with un- abated vigor, they will need about 500 years to uncover it all! The kibbutz operates a com- fortable guest house which offers its clientele, in addition to the usual seashore and resort amenities, opportunity to witness Three Phoenician ships preserved by tons of sand are the focus of archeologists. the diggings at first hand, and perhaps even participate in them. Raveh shifts his gaze back to the sea. Only 150 meters from the shore, at a depth of no more than three meters, are the remains of those three ships. His dream is to build an underwater wall around them to keep out the shifting sands, and to transform the area into a sub-surface aquarium, where visitors can descend, and from behind glass see the ships, which stand almost upright. "There is more to see here than just looking at the tropical fish in the underwater aquarium in Eilat," he says. Raveh continues to study the finds he brought up during those hectic six days, and each day brings new discoveries. As winter approaches, he keeps his eye on the horizon. There may be another great storm, he says with gleeful and hopeful anticipation. Mixed Results In Arab Poll Haifa (ZINS) — A Haifa Uni- versity survey of Israeli Arabs shows that 60 percent validate the existence of the Jewish state. Some 34 percent consider them- selves Israelis or Israeli Arabs; 46 percent consider themselves Is- raeli Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs. Some 66 percent of the respon- dents believe Israel should recog- nize the Palestine Liberation or- ganization. Forty percent believe the PLO is the only legitimate representative of Israeli Arabs. Fifty-eight percent condone PLO terrorist acts against Israel.