Since 2008 the Phoenician Ship Expeditions were supported by numerous governments, institutions, and individuals from many countries, who believed in the importance of the search for knowledge.

After the Phoenicians Before Columbus Expedition, the ship remained in the USA.

Our goal is to build a Museum to be the home of the replica Phoenician Ship and continue establishing contacts with similar educational institutions in other countries to promote international research on related topics.

The Museum will highlight the many Phoenician contributions to mankind through modern interactive electronic displays and replica artifacts; tell the adventures of both expeditions, around Africa and across the Atlantic, in displays, maps, VR videos, and documentaries; partner with history and archaeology institutions and academics in the US and abroad researching Phoenician subjects; host temporary exhibits and events related to Phoenicia and Mediterranean people, and ancient ocean crossings.

First circumnavigating the African Continent from 2008 to 2010.

Starting in August 2008, Phoenicia sailed over 20 thousand nautical miles, stopping on 13 countries on 3 continents, with 50 volunteers from 15 different countries, to prove that an ancient report from Herodotus, the Father of History, could be true. Mission accomplished after 2 years and 2 months.

Crossing the Atlantic Ocean, from Tunisia to Florida, from 2019 to 2020.

The same Phoenician Ship sailed from Tunisia, in the North of Africa, in September 2019, stopping in Algeria, Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, the Canary Islands, and across the Atlantic Ocean, until they reached the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean. From there they sailed to Florida, in the US, in February 2020. The expedition proved that ancient mariners had the means to reach the Americans millennia before the Europeans.

The replica Phoenician Ship was constructed in Syria and used on 2 expeditions since 2008.

Its design was based on two shipwrecks which can be visited at the Museé de Marseille, in the South of France.

Phoenicia is the only replica ship based on the probably oldest known ocean-crossing vessel, and with 30 thousand nautical miles navigated, it is for sure the ancient replica ship that sailed the longest.

Learn more about the ship here.

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