AKKO, Israel, July 20 (UPI) -- Israeli archaeologists say the remains of a magnificent ancient harbor were uncovered during a dig in Akko, a city at the northern tip of Haifa Bay.
Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority unearthed large mooring stones that were incorporated in a harbor quay used to secure sailing vessels that anchored in the harbor in the Hellenistic period of the third and second centuries B.C., Ynetnews reported.