The Honorable Waël Hachem, Head of Mission, Lebanese Embassy, Washington, D.C., has agreed to represent his country at the Phoenician Ship Museum in Montrose, Iowa, on Saturday, July 15th.
He looks forward to meeting people who are supporting the reconstruction of the world’s oldest ship replica that has crossed the Atlantic. He recognizes how this artifact changes the history of ancient America.
Captain Philip Beale from England has shown how the Phoenicians had the skill and technology to sail from the Old World to the New World 2,000 year before Columbus.