"Punic people were genetically diverse with almost no Levantine ancestors"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08913-3
(2025-04-23)
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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elementary course would be my choice :) but I fear I would have no chance to get a spot cause of my no longer active academic background #phoenician #punic #ancient #language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.
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
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
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
Coinciding with the release of my novels as audiobooks, part of the opening chapter also features in this recent podcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvger8Fn-oY&t=112s
It's quite a romantic scene and it was wonderful to listen to such an accomplished narrator read it. It was also nice to listen to a female narrator interpret it. It was read by Glenda Villamar and she conveys the emotions and hopes of the characters exceptionally well. I will be listening to this many times!
#audiobook #histodons #Carthage #Punic
TIL that the Punic surname “Barca”, as in the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca (as well as his father Hamilcar, and brothers Hasdrubal and Mago), is Phoenician for “lightning”. I don’t know how I never made the connection before, given that Phoenician is Semitic and I speak Hebrew (where the same √brq root is also used to mean “lightning”). I guess my brain is just in full on Latin Mode or something when I’m thinking of ancient Rome? Anyway - Hannibal “Lightning” Barca! ⚡️
#Linguistics #Etymology #Etymologies #Punic #Phoenician #Semitic #Carthage #RomanHistory #History
An excerpt from Cicero's Cato Maior de Senectute ("Cato the Elder on old age"). It was an essay published in 44BC on the subject of aging and death.
In it, Cicero makes reference to the relative vigour Masinissa had possessed in his 90th year. (148BC) During the previous year, the King had raided Carthage in a provocation which would lead to the third and last #Punic war between #Rome and #Carthage.
#classics #antiquity #Cicero #Masinissa #Enlightenment #philosophy #Latin #histodons #Cato