To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

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A new DNA study reveals that ancient Carthaginians had diverse ancestry and were not primarily descended from Phoenician ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

A Germany university revealed the discovery of an ancient Greek lecture hall in Agrigento, Italy — highlighting important ...

To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

A team of researchers has just discovered a covered auditorium in Agrigento, Sicily. This type of structure’s rarity and age sheds light on the educational role of Greek gymnasiums in ancient times.

Ancient DNA analysis challenges our understanding of the ancient Phoenician-Punic civilization. An international team of researchers analyzing genome-wide data from 210 ancient individuals has found ...

A new DNA study is changing what we thought we knew about one of the ancient world’s great civilizations—the Phoenicians and ...

Albanian communities of Sicily, known as Arbëreshë, still celebrate Easter following their traditional Byzantine rites.