Friday, July 01, 2022

New funding for the Gozo shipwreck

PUNIC WATCH: Government to fund further studies on Punic wreck off Xlendi (Malta Independent).
The government has committed €140,000 through an agreement with the University of Malta for continued studies on an underwater Punic wreck off the coast of Xlendi.

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This is also known as the Gozo Phoenician shipwreck. Xlendi Bay is at the village of Xlendi on the island of Gozo. Cross-file under Phoenician Watch.

For many other PaleoJudaica posts on ancient shipwrecks, see here and here and links . Cross-file under Marine (Maritime, Underwater) Archaeology.

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