A death mask from the third or second century bc found in the Phoenician trading city of Carthage in what is now Tunisia. An ancient Middle Eastern civilization that developed an early alphabet spread ...

Archaeologists in Morocco have uncovered a 4,200-year-old settlement, challenging the long-held belief that the Phoenicians were the first to establish a presence along the country’s Atlantic coast.

A recent study published in the journal Nature revealed that while the ancient Phoenician civilization spread its culture widely across the Mediterranean, it did not spread its DNA. An international ...

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 ...

When you think of famous BCE-era civilizations, some that immediately spring to mind are probably the Ancient Greeks, Ancient Egyptians, and other such societies that flourished around the ...

Despite being known as masters of trade, these seafarers were never a single collective. Different groups built powerful cities across the Mediterranean and the latest research shows they date back ...

Spanish archaeologists have successfully removed a 2,600-year-old shipwreck from waters off the country's southeastern coast, two decades after the relic was initially found, officials said. The ...

Jbeil is preparing to launch “The Grand Voyage", an immersive cultural and touristic experience that dives into the world of ...

An ancient Middle Eastern civilization that developed an early alphabet spread its culture far and wide — but not its DNA, finds a 23 April Nature study 1 of hundreds of ancient human genomes.

Punic Necropolis of Puig des Molins on the island of Ibiza. The new ancient DNA study sequenced human remains from this and other important Phoenician-Punic archaeological sites. The Phoenician ...

An ancient Middle Eastern civilization that developed an early alphabet spread its culture far and wide—but not its DNA, finds a 23 April Nature study of hundreds of ancient human genomes. Phoenician ...