The Yassiada wreck dating to the 7th century AD was long cited as the earliest evidence for frame - first construction technique .
Two wrecks for Dor ( Tanura ) Lagoon in Israel dated to around 500 CE were built frame first .
The Yassiada wreck dating to the 7th century AD was long cited as the earliest evidence for frame - first construction technique , but two wrecks for Dor ( Tanura ) Lagoon in Israel dated to around 500 CE were built frame first .