Best places: Archaeological museums in Marsala, Italy

👍👍 Mozia, also called Mothia or Motya is a small town founded by the Phoenicians on the small island of San Panteo which is located inside the Stagnone di Marsala. The island is located in front of the west coast of Sicily, between the Isola Grande and the mainland. The place belongs to the Whitaker F...

👍 On the tiny Mozia island off the western coast of Sicily 🇮🇹 is the Giuseppe Whitaker Museum, which houses a magnificent collection of Phoenician artefacts collected by amateur archaeologist Joseph ‘Giuseppe’ Whitaker. Motya was an ancient and powerful city. Motya has become known recently for the ma...

👍👍 Pretty spectacular museum of you consider what they’re actually doing and working on. Things over 2000 years old. The two ships they’ve recovered thus far (at least in part) are really impressive to think about. The architecture from so long ago was still great. There’s also a lot of history about t...