"And what's this? The 'Avon' River? Write that down, Gaius."

"And what's this? The 'Avon' River? Write that down, Gaius."

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1524771/and-what-s-this-the-avon-river-write-that-down-gaius

Mosaic bearing the symbol of the Punic goddess Tanit in Kerkouane, Tunisia

"Romans are the Master's of Falsehoods."

-Carthage Phrase, Punic Wars

(Rome coined the term "Dictator.")
#history #rome #punic

my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 13: Ancient seafarers crossing the #Mediterranean, from the #Phoenicians to the first arrivals on the islands such as #Mallorca, #Malta, #Sicily, #Cyprus.

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/07/crossing-mediterranean.html

#science #anthropology #ancientDNA #genome #archaeology #prehistory #travel #carthage #Punic #RomanHistory

"Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors"

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08913-3

(2025-04-23)

...

Comment from Iosif Lazaridis:

"""
Consider this surprising fact:

There was a time during the 1st millennium BC that
a. in the West Mediterranean, Greek descendants advanced the Punic cause, and;
b. in the Levant, Phoenician descendants advanced Hellenism.
"""

#aDNA #PaleoGenetics #PaleoGenomics #PopulationGenetics #Greek #Punic

#DNA analyses uncover #Phoenician culture’s multi-ethnic roots and assimilation of diverse local populations: http://archive.today/2025.04.23-174625/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01283-w #science #genetics #archaeology #archeology #history #punic #carthage

elementary course would be my choice :) but I fear I would have no chance to get a spot cause of my no longer active academic background #phoenician #punic #ancient #language

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/03/07/phoenician-and-punic-language-training/

ROOTS PhD student Sara Mura uses sensory theories and digital techniques such as 3D modeling, GIS spatial analysis and acoustic simulations to explore the #sensoryexperiences in #Punic temples using the example of Monte Sirai, Sardinia. For the presentation of her project, she received the First Runner-Up Poster Award at the annual meeting of the #ArchaeologicalInstituteofAmerica AIA

Congratulations!

https://www.archaeological.org/2025-aia-poster-award-announcement-first-runner-up-poster-award/

An #archaeological discovery was made during trenching works in Birkirkara/Malta. While preparing the site for the installation of a potable water line, workers uncovered a rock-cut chamber that turned out to be part of an ancient #Punic tomb complex.

https://schmalta.mt/discovery-of-a-punic-tomb-in-birkirkara

New post: from Syria to Iberia https://www.bookandsword.com/2024/05/25/from-syria-to-iberia/ #antiquidons #histodons #ironAge #punic

The Phoenician or Iberian shipwrecks of Mazarrón near Cartagena, Spain https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/phoenician-ships-of-mazarron #archaeology #ancMedToot #punic

#Carthage était une cité-état #phénicienne située sur la côte de l’ #Afrique du Nord (site de l'actuelle #Tunis) qui, avant le conflit avec #Rome connu sous le nom de #Guerres #Puniques (264-146 av. JC), était la plus grande, la plus #opulente et la plus #puissante entité #politique de la #Méditerranée.

https://www.worldhistory.org/trans/fr/1-205/carthage/

#Phoenician #Carthage #Africa #Rome #Punic Wars #opulent #powerful #politics #Mediterranean.
#tunisia #tunisie #تونس #history #قرطاج

Oversimplified has released his first new #history video in over a year! I haven’t watched it yet, but I presume it will cover #Hannibal Barca’s incredible campaign to attack Rome in the second #Punic war.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=805SIqgDZIE

A #Phoenician #Punic Grammar
https://archive.org/details/handbuchderorientalistikcharlesr.krahmalkovaphoenicianpunicgrammarhandbuchderori

Altars and Cult Installations of #Punic tradition in North Africa

#Phoenicians
https://www.academia.edu/588834/Altars_and_Cult_Installations_of_Punic_tradition_in_North_Africa

Backup Nr.10 of "Map showing select #Phoenician / #Canaanite colonies and settlements with their known or reasonably suggested endonymic names"

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#map #maps #classicalantiquity #phoenicians #mediterranean #europe #northafrica #africa #levante #cyprus #spain #portugal #morocco #algeria #tunisia #lybia #italy #punic #semitic #antiquity #historicalmaps #history #carthage #mapstodon #histodon #histodons

Backup Nr.9 of "Map depicting the original colony & city of #carthage as well as the #CarthaginianEmpire at 3 more points in time, and also a suggested far range of frontiers #trade between it & other areas from #NorthAfrica to #britain "

As always further information is embedded on the image itself.

#maps #map #HistoricalMaps #history #antiquity #classicalantiquity #PunicWars #punic #phoenicians #europe #africa #semitic #histodons #histodon

(edit: repost since I noticed the original post wasn't updating properly...)

Map showing select #Phoenician / #Canaanite colonies and settlements with their known or reasonably suggested endonymic names.

This map is more information card than eye-candy, with a look-up table of settlements, being a review of almost 90 different sources. As always all information is on the image. There are two versions here: A and B, with B being for if A is too hard to read.

I did try to automate citations due to the ridiculous amount of reading. There may be errors due to the software.

#map #maps #classicalantiquity #phoenicians #mediterranean #europe #northafrica #africa #levante #cyprus #spain #portugal #morocco #algeria #tunisia #lybia #italy #punic #semitic #antiquity #historicalmaps #history #carthage #mapstodon #histodon #histodons