The Greek alphabet, believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is undergoing reevaluation by Leiden University.

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

It was previously believed that the Levantine DNA of the Phoenicians spread as far as their famous alphabet, which influenced quite a few languages. DNA analysis of individuals buried in what used to ...

The Phoenician culture emerged around 3,100 years ago from coastal Mediterranean sites in modern-day Lebanon, Syria and Israel, also known as the Levant. Phoenicians gave the world its first alphabet ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

The proto-Sinaitic script developed into the Phoenician alphabet, which, in turn, inspired the early Hebrew, Greek and Roman alphabets. However, a November 2024 discovery by researchers at Johns ...

A new DNA study reveals that ancient Carthaginians had diverse ancestry and were not primarily descended from Phoenician ...

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

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 ...