The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

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

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 ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the first alphabet (from which many present-day writing systems derive).

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 ...

The Phoenicians developed innovations such as the first alphabet, from which many present-day writing systems derive, and shared languages recorded with this alphabet that was a precursor to Greek ...