When I was on my very first excavations we found the remains of an ancient vessel, the anchor, some pottery. And let me tell you something, for me, it was unbelievable. When you are studying something hard and you have the opportunity to know it at first hand, to touch it, it let me speechless.
Working in the field.
For the Phoenicians there was the sea, they were a sailors-based civilization. The best Phoenician´s achievement was the sailing technologies improvements. Based in the long tradition of the eastern Mediterranean sea, they developed very important artifacts that allowed them to cross the sea faster than ever.
Phoenician war class vessel.
Phoenician trade class vessel.
Innovations like the double-bladed rudder, the caulked hulls and the breakwater for military purposes.
This is the most probably look of a phoenician trader.
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