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 ...

Their influence was so pronounced, that the primary records historians rely on to study them today were actually penned largely by Ancient Greek and Assyrian scholars. The Phoenicians' naval ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ancestry with ancient Middle Easterners, even those from sites linked ...

They were part of the ancient Phoenician civilization, which flourished between 1550 and 300 BCE. Their city-states produced many prominent merchants, traders, and colonizers, being located along ...

The ancient Phoenician shipwreck dates back to the 7th century B.C.E. It was discovered in 1994 off the coast of Murcia in southeastern Spain, near the town of Mazarrón, according to Spain's ...

Fine Ancient Art – Shipwrecked Phoenician Treasures, taking place on 7th June 2025 at 15:00 GMT. From the depths of the ancient Mediterranean to today’s refined collections, this exceptional ...

The new study aimed to use ancient DNA to characterize Punic people's ancestry and look for genetic links between them and Levantine Phoenicians, with whom they share a common culture and language.

The new ancient DNA study sequenced human remains from this and other important Phoenician-Punic archaeological sites. (photo credit: Raymar, MAEF) A recent study published in the journal Nature ...

Extraction works of the Phoenician ship Mazarron 2. Credit: Universitat de València The much-anticipated start of the extraction of the Phoenician shipwreck located in Mazarrón, Murcia, named Mazarrón ...

From Vikings to Beethoven: what your DNA says about your ancient relatives Phoenician city-states shared languages — recorded with an alphabet that was a precursor to Greek and Latin letters ...