A 5^th century BC shipwreck found 1.5 km from Philadelphia Youth Village, north of Akko. Ship originated in western Mediterranean as indicated by wine amphorae from Etruria, Italy and the Aegean.

That Ma’agan Mikha’el Shipwreck was a late 5^th century BC shipwreck found 35 km south of Haifa. It was built of Aleppo pine, was 13m long and had a hull 4m wide. Cargo and items aboard: 70 ceramic items (some basket-handle store jars, cooking pot, mortaria, oil lamps, jugs, juglets, cups), carved wooden boxes, shipwright’s toolkit, woven basket, rope, food remains (grapes, olives, barley), and metal objects (incense scoop and nails).

The Shavei Zion Shipwreck was a 5^th century BC shipwreck found off the coast of Shavei Zion that originated from southern Phoenician coast. Cargo: hundreds of clay female cultic figurines many with the sign of Tanit and others Cargo: hundreds of clay, female cultic figurines, many with the sign of Tanit and others with other iconography common to Carthage; pottery, African elephant tusk.

Phoenicians inherited and carried on Canaanite traditions.

A tophet (aka Phoenician tophet) was a type of Phoenician cemetery for infants (2 Kings 23:10). Many tophets, including the 7^th/6^th century tophet at Carthage, contained hundreds of infants. This may be correlated to the Phoenician practice of sacrificial infanticide that was practiced in times of utter duress and is attested in 2 Kings 21:6 as being performed by Judean king Manesseh.

Phoenician Shipwrecks: Philadelphia Youth Village shipwreck; Ma’agan Mikha’el Shipwreck; Shavei Zion Shipwreck.