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Situated at a depth of 110m off Xlendi Bay in Gozo, the Phoenician shipwreck consists of an intact and well-preserved mixed cargo datable to the 7th century BC. The mixed contents of stone and ceramic objects are shedding light on the economic history and trade networks of the Central Mediterranean during the Archaic period.
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3 days ago · Sailing the Phoenician Coast of Spain. The Phoenician ship dates to around 600 BCE, when much of southern Iberia was settled by Phoenician merchants and traders. Likely struck by a sudden storm, the ship sank only a few yards from the coastline and was quickly covered over by sand. Today, the ship is one of the most complete ancient sea vessels ...
Located at a depth of 110 metres outside Xlendi bay in Gozo, the shipwreck consists of a mixed cargo datable to the 7 th century BC.
Jan 21, 2021 · A Phoenician shipwreck was discovered off the coast of Malta in 2007. Lying at a depth of 110m below sea level, it is best photographed when illuminated with powerful underwater lights, as here. A new initiative means that everyone will now be able to examine the wreck virtually.
Apr 28, 2016 · The Phoenicians were famed in antiquity for their ship-building skills, and they were credited with inventing the keel, the battering ram on the bow, and caulking between planks. From Assyrian relief carvings at Nineveh and Khorsabad, and descriptions in texts such as the book of Ezekial in the Bible we know that the Phoenicians had three types ...
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The Gozo Phoenician shipwreck is a seventh-century-BC shipwreck of a Phoenician trade ship lying at a depth of 110 meters (360 ft). The wreck was discovered in 2007 during a sonar survey off the coast of Malta's Gozo island. Since 2014 it has been the object of a multidisciplinary project led by University of Malta along with many other ...
Apr 3, 2024 · The oldest identified Phoenician ships—two merchant vessels found near the coastal Israeli city of Ashkelon—date to 700 B.C.E. Despite ancient finds like these, Cvikel says underwater archaeological evidence of the Phoenicians is sparse.
