A team of specialists from the University of Valencia is hard at work lifting a nearly complete Phoenician shipwreck from the seafloor off the Spanish coast of Murcia. While the ship, dubbed Mazarrón 2, has been protected by sand for more than two millennia, recent changes in coastal currents have torn away much of that protective blanket, posing an existential threat to this incredible archaeological wonder.For some years I have been following the planning for and current ongoing raising of the Mazarrón II shipwreck in Murcia, Spain. It's good to see the project receiving some wider attention from the Biblical Archaeological Society.[...]
Background here and links. Note the variable spellings Mazarrón (Mazarron) and Mazzarón (Mazzaron).
Cross-file under Phoenician Watch.
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