‘Phoenicia’ replica navigates around Africa

Advice from scholars ensured Phoenicia  was completely authentic on the outside, but on the inside it was equipped with the latest high tech electronic navigational equipment.

Phoenicia, the replica 600BC wooden ship, has arrived triumphantly back in Syria having completed a 20,000 mile circumnavigation of Africa.

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