First Phoenician DNA is European

The ‘Young Man of Byrsa” skeleton. May, 2016. Traditional historical accounts which claim the Phoenicians were all Semitic has been turned on its head with the news that ancient DNA extracted from... Read more »

Built to Last: 2,200-year Old Punic War Era Anchors Found Off Sicily

August 2013. 2,200 year-old stone anchors abandoned by a Carthaginian invasion fleet off the coast of Sicily have been discovered by an underwater research team from the University of Sassari. The cluster... Read more »