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u/RoseWater_Harris — 13 days ago
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New DNA Evidence Just Rewrote Who the Carthaginians Actually Were — and the Answer Surprised Everyone
Carthage was traditionally seen as a Phoenician colony — Lebanese settlers in North Africa. Recent ancient DNA studies show a far more complex picture: most Carthaginians were genetically North African and southern European, with relatively little Phoenician ancestry. Carthage was less of a colonial outpost and more of an indigenous Mediterranean fusion society — and the Romans destroyed it. Read more: https://roman-empire.net/discoveries/carthaginians
u/Azerbinhoneymood — 2 days ago
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Carthaginian displays in the Tunisian national military museum
u/JackieLogan123 — 3 days ago
My great-grandfather brought this letter opener from Lebanon to the USA in the mid 1900s. Does anyone know if these are Phoenician letters and/or what it says? Thank you!
u/Superb-Falafel-2249 — 7 days ago
u/AncientHistoryHound — 2 days ago
Mlaga, Spain is one of the oldest cities in Europe. It was founded in 770 BC by the Phoenicians as Malaka (). It controlled the Guadalmedina and was a waypoint on trade routes between Phoenicia and the Strait of Gibraltar. From the 6th century BC it was u
u/wotttledpady — 2 days ago
After the fall of Fall of Carthage, what happened to the cities in Iberian Peninsula?
I actually want to extend this question up to the 15th century, because I think some cities continued to exist even after Fall of Carthage.
u/Simurgbarca — 2 days ago
Ba'al Hammon ("Lord Hammon") & Ancient African empires
Ba’al Hammon
Punic-Libyan syncretic deity and the chief god of ancient Carthage. He was a weather god considered responsible for the fertility of vegetation and esteemed as king of the gods. He was depicted as a bearded older man with curling ram's horns. Ba'al Ḥammon's female cult partner was Tanit. Ba'al Hammon was worshipped only in North Africa and Carthaginian colonies of the western mediterranean including Iberia, Sicily, Sardinia and the Balearic Islands.
ANCIENT DNA
A new study published in Science Advanceshas revealed traces of ancient African empires in the DNA of people living on the continent, that help identify early migration patterns.
Nancy Bird, genetics, evolution and environment researcher at University College London, and colleagues found evidence for migration in vast empires such as Kanem-Bornu, the kingdoms of Aksum and Makuria, and the spread of the Bantu language group.
“Our results emphasise the complexity of Africa’s past. Multiple civilizations throughout history, from thousands of years ago to medieval times, have impacted present day African genetic diversity,” Bird said.
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u/Responsible_Ideal879 — 17 hours ago