Department of Classics & Archaeology

The Phoenician Shipwreck

The Phoenician Shipwreck

The Phoenician Shipwreck Project

Institutions 2007-2010 Survey: University of Malta, Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, Heritage Malta supported by AURORA Trust.

Institutions 2014 Survey: University of Malta, Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, University of Aix Marseille, COMEX and LSIS/CNRS supported by ANR.

Institutions 2016 Survey: University of Malta, Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, University of Aix Marseille and LSIS/CNRS supported by the University of Malta.

Collaborating institutions 2016-present: University of Malta, Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, University of Aix Marseille and LSIS/CNRS, University of Urbino, University of Tübingen, IMBE.

Project Director 2007 to present: Prof. Timmy Gambin - University of Malta

Co-director 2014-present: Prof. Jean Christophe Sourisseau - University Aix Marseille/CNRS

Sponsors of Project: Ministry for Gozo, Malta Tourism Authority, Malta International Airport, Honor Frost Foundation and Heritage Malta.

Over the past years, the University of Malta together with the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage has conducted a number of systematic remote sensing surveys off the coasts of the Maltese Islands. The strategic aim of this survey is to create a detailed map of archaeological sites located on the seabed off Malta and Gozo. using state of the art sonar technologies large areas are surveyed and objects identified and logged. Sites vary in size, state of preservation as well as in date.

Access the project website.

Read the research paper entitled Underwater Photogrammetry and Object Modeling: A Case Study of Xlendi Wreck in Malta.

Access the Groplan project.


https://www.um.edu.mt/arts/classics-archaeo/ourresearch/thephoenicianshipwreck/