Phoenicia proves the skeptics wrong by circumnavigating Africa

8:06 PM Tue 19 Oct 2010 GMT

'Phoenicia - a triumphant arrival into Beirut' .

On the morning of Friday 15th October Phoenicia sailed in to Port Beirut, Lebanon at the end of their magnificent circumnavigation of Africa. After 20,000 miles and two years at sea, the arrival sees the triumphant completion of their voyage in the replica 600 BC ship. The successful completion of the voyage is of enormous significance to historians and archaeologists as it proves that the Phoenician vessels were capable of sailing around the African continent - something that has been the cause of much speculation over centuries. They have been warmly received in Lebanon by the coordinators of www.phoenicia.org.uk - ...

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by Lee Mylchreest