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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 ...
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 ...
Greek Reporter6d
New Findings Suggest Greek Alphabet Is Older Than Previously Thought
The Greek alphabet, believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is undergoing reevaluation by Leiden University.
Scientific American14d
Ancient DNA Reveals Phoenicians’ Surprising Ancestry
To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...
Greek City Times1d
Greek DNA Discovered in Phoenician Origins, Study Reveals
A new study in *Nature* reveals the Phoenicians, famed for their Mediterranean trade and alphabet, were not solely from the ...
How Hannibal's Carthage spread Phoenician culture without leaving a genetic trace
We find surprisingly little direct genetic contribution from levantine phoenicians to western and central mediterranean punic ...
Phys.org on MSN16d
Ancient DNA challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization
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). By the ...
Greek Reporter1d
The Greatest Seafarer Peoples in History
The seafarer peoples of the past who mastered the oceans were crucial in laying the foundations upon which civilizations were ...