Sir Flanders Petrie, discovered the largest Egyptian temple to have existed outside of the Nile Valley, on Mt. Serabit ...

A new study reveals that the Carthaginians, famed for their Mediterranean empire and wars with Rome, had little genetic ...

However, Phoenician burial customs changed in the seventh century B.C. when they began to bury the deceased. According to a ...

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

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 ...

We find surprisingly little direct genetic contribution from levantine phoenicians to western and central mediterranean punic ...

Given their placid, gentle nature, these lapdogs are one of the best family dog breeds. “As a companion animal, the Maltese ...

Ever wonder why it’s called Europe? The answer lies in ancient mythology, where a Phoenician princess, a Greek god, and a ...

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

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

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 ...