Phoenician Shipwreck Project in Gozo 2017

The deployment of the sonar in a particular search area resulted in the team recognising an anomaly which was duly listed as ‘interesting’. Following the return of the team with a higher resolution sonar there was little doubt that the anomaly was indeed an ancient shipwreck. But it was not until the subsequent year that a remote operated vehicle (ROV) was deployed to further explore the target. Through the first images that were broadcast back to the screen on the vessel it was clear that this was a very old and special shipwreck. The team proceeded to obtain video footage, still photographs and other images that were used to produce a photomosaic of the site. Data acquired in this initial phase helped establish that the shipwreck, situated at a depth of 110m, is Phoenician and datable to circa the 7th century BC.

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