You're referencing an article at Hancock's site? An article that uses vague Indian legends and stories of red headed giant skeletons?!

Everything found in the shipwreck came from Med trade... you don't find anything from the Americas.

I'm a bit surprised at you Allan... this took me about a minute to find:

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Chemical analyses of the copper and tin were conducted in order to determine the origin. The conclusion of the lead-Isotope tests on the copper pointed to Cyprus.

[www.utexas.edu] The person who did the testing was this man: [inadiscover.com]

From what I can tell the source for this is
The cargo of the Uluburun ship and evidence for trade with the Aegean and beyond
C Pulak - Italy and Cyprus in Antiquity, 2001

Which I should be able to get... I'll go try.

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