MARITIME archaeologists have been analysing a Phoenician boat found off the Murcia coast which was brought to dry land in October. Called Mazarron II, the craft was found to be in exceptional ...

It has been estimated that the highest quality dye — “Tyrian purple” produced in the Phoenician city of Tyre (located in modern-day Lebanon) from a purported mix of murex and shellfish dyes — was ...

WORK has begun on the amphibious excavation of an ancient Phoenician trading ship off the coast of Murcia. The remarkably well-preserved vessel, dubbed Mazarron 2, is believed to be the most ...

Near the Spanish city of Mazarrón, specialists have excavated a perfectly preserved wreck of a Phoenician ship from the 7th ...

Spanish archaeologists have successfully salvaged a 2,600-year-old Phoenician shipwreck off the southeast coast of Spain. This mission has been ongoing since the shipwreck was found back in 1994 ...