The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

The Punic people had almost no genetic ties to Phoenicians, even though the latter founded the great city of Carthage.

Study challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization, one of the most influential ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the first alphabet (from ... by Carthage became known as “Punic” by the Romans. The ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the first alphabet (from which many present-day writing systems derive).

Map of Phoenician settlements ... DNA tells us so far. The Punic people were not a monoculture, nor were they merely Phoenicians in exile. They were shaped by trade, war, colonization, and local ...

They’re best known for developing the world’s first alphabet ... these Carthaginian people “Punic.” The Punic world is famous for events like the Punic Wars, especially the one where ...