Phoenician Sailors Were Some Of The First To Navigate With The Stars And Dead Reckoning. In addition to their prowess in building newer and better ships, ...

On the ancient Syrian island of Arwad, which was settled by the Phoenicians in about 2000BC, ... Sailor to recreate Phoenicians' epic African voyage. Emily Dugan. Saturday 22 March 2008 01:00 GMT.

The title, The Drowned Phoenician Sailor, is a reference to the tarot in T S Eliot’s The Waste Land, and is an ambiguous symbol of rebirth and/or… ...

Their vessel, the small, pine-wood Phoenicia, is modelled on the type of ship the Phoenician sailors he credited with the landmark voyage would have used. The Phoenicians lived in areas of modern-day ...

P aris could scarcely have been more than a tribal village when Phoenician sailors established Massilia on the southern coast of France during the 6th century B.C. So strong were the Massilians ...

A trove of Phoenician artifacts was long ascribed to a single shipwreck. More likely they were tossed overboard, and over centuries, a new study suggests. By Joshua Rapp Learn In 1972, in one of ...

The Phoenicians were known for their exceptional naval skills which stemmed from two notable innovations at the ... Phoenician sailors were some of the first to navigate with the stars and dead ...