The Phoenician ship is about 50ft long and lies a mile off the coast of Gozo. It dates back to the first part of the 7th century BC, making it the oldest wreck ever found in the central Mediterranean.

The Phoenician people were preeminent merchants, sailors, explorers, and settlers, who—unlike their Syrian and Canaanite neighbors—never sought to create a unified military empire or kingdom.

They were part of the ancient Phoenician civilization, which flourished between 1550 and 300 BCE. Their city-states produced many prominent merchants, traders, and colonizers, being located along ...

The Phoenician culture emerged around 3,100 years ago from coastal Mediterranean sites in modern-day Lebanon, Syria and Israel, also known as the Levant. Phoenicians gave the world its first ...

Exploring the Phoenician Shipwreck off Xlendi is a Heritage Malta exhibition highlighting discoveries from an innovative underwater project. It focuses on the discovery of a Phoenician shipwreck ...