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RISING FROM THE BRINY
AN archaeological team has made an extensive survey of a 2,500-year-old Phoenician ship to work out the best way to extract it from the sea.
The Mazarron II is named after the town in Murcia, where it was found off the coast in 1994.
Eight metres in length it is regarded as the most complete ancient ship to
By Alex Trelinski
be discovered, but unless raised, it risks further damage from currents and storms.
The vessel was found largely intact with a cargo of lead ingots weighing 2,820 kilos.
A total of nine archaeologists have worked for
