The ancient Phoenicians may be largely forgotten, but they're not gone. Rome destroyed the Phoenicians' greatest city — Carthage — centuries ago, but new genetic studies indicate that as many as one ...

The Phoenicians were a Semitic-speaking people whose maritime trade networks were crucial for the spread of information and culture throughout the Mediterranean. We do not know what the Phoenicians ...

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 ...

DNA recovered from the remains of ancient Phoenicians supports the idea that they were lovers more than fighters. The seafaring Mediterranean civilization was an inclusive, multicultural society ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The seafaring Phoenicians left the world more than a legacy of alphabets and purple dye -- they left their DNA scattered throughout Mediterranean men, as well, according to a ...

The ancient Phoenicians may be largely forgotten, but they are not gone. Rome destroyed the Phoenicians' greatest city - Carthage - centuries ago, but new genetic studies indicate that as many as one ...