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Ancient shipwreck dating back at least 2,600 years is raised from waters off Spain

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The Mazarrón II dates back to the 7th century B.C.E. It was discovered in 1994 off the coast of Murcia in southeastern Spain .

It is one of only a few Phoenician -era shipwrecks discovered largely intact.

Phoenicia was an ancient civilization along the eastern Mediterranean coast, in the area of modern-day Lebanon , Syria and Israel .