[1/3] A diver from Valencia University maps and assesses the state of a 2,500-year-old Phoenician vessel that is submerged 60 meters from the beach of Mazarron, Spain, June 20, 2023.
Jose A Moya/Regional Government of Murcia/Handout via REUTERSMADRID, June 30 (Reuters) - A group of Spanish archaeologists have made detailed diagrams of a 2,500-year-old Phoenician shipwreck to help work out how best to recover it from the sea before a storm destroys it forever.
Later this year, the experts will recommend how to protect and retrieve the wreck, possibly as early as next summer.
It now lies under about 1.7 metres (5.6 ft) of crystal-clear Mediterranean water, surrounded by sandbags and a metal structure built for protection.
Reporting by Emma Pinedo, editing by Inti Landauro and Philippa FletcherOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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