Biblical place
Where was Phoenicia?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tyre.
First appears in Mark 7:26 · 2 books · 4 chapters
Overview
Properly Phoenix a palm-tree (as in the R. V. ), a town with a harbour on the southern side of Crete (Acts 27:12), west of the Fair Havens. It is now called Lutro. Modern identification: Tyre.
Phoenicia is represented in the local geography layer as Tyre. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Mark 7:26 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.
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Where it sits on the map
How to get to Phoenicia today
Travel to Phoenicia, the modern-day Tyre.
Phoenicia is commonly identified with Tyre, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.
Phoenicia is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.
This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.