The ship, measuring 8.10 meters in length, is exceptional as one of the few complete Phoenician ships found to date.

Expert Archaeologists from Spain have achieved a stunning breakthrough, raising a 2,600-year-old Phoenician shipwreck ... contribution" to the study of ancient naval construction.

According to the Ancient Greek historian ... (1.12.4 - 13.2) They in turn based their design on ships first made by the Phoenicians, a people living on the coast of what is now Lebanon.