Gozo Phoenician shipwreck

Gozo Phoenician shipwreck

Gozo's Xlendi Bay, where the shipwreck was discovered.
Location	Off the coast of Xlendi bay in Gozo
Region	Bay of Xlendi, off the coast of Gozo.
Type	Site of a sunken ship
History
Builder	Phoenicians
Founded	7th century BC
Abandoned	Sank late 7th century BC
Periods	Iron Age
Cultures	Phoenician
Satellite of	Phoenicia
Associated with	Crew of the merchant vessel
Site notes
Excavation dates	Excavation dives directed by Timmy Gambin since discovery in 2007.
Archaeologists	Timmy Gambin (Project director) Jean Christophe Sourisseau Maxine Anastasi[1]
Condition	Conservation, sampling and study are ongoing
Ownership	Malta

The Gozo Phoenician shipwreck is a seventh-century-BC shipwreck of a Phoenician trade ship lying at a depth of 110 meters (360 ft). The wreck was discovered in 2007 during a sonar survey off the coast of Malta's Gozo island. Since 2014 it has been the object of a multidisciplinary project led by University of Malta along with many other national and international entities. The Gozo shipwreck archaeological excavation is the first maritime archaeological survey to explore shipwrecks with divers beyond a depth of 100 meters (330 ft).