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Archaeology breakthrough as Greek alphabet 'centuries older' than previously thought
The Greek alphabet, believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is now undergoing a major reevaluation thanks to ...
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Ancient DNA Reveals Phoenicians’ Surprising Ancestry
To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...
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What was the first alphabet in the world?
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 ...
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Carthaginians, Ancient Rome’s Infamous Enemies, Are Not Exactly Who Scholars Thought They Were, Ancestry Study Suggests
DNA reveals that the people of Carthage, a powerful independent colony founded by the Phoenicians, had little genetic ...
This Culture’s Linguistic Fingerprints Are Everywhere—But Scientists Can’t Find Their DNA
It was previously believed that the Levantine DNA of the Phoenicians spread as far as their famous alphabet, which influenced ...
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Phoenician culture spread mainly through cultural exchange
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 ...