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Carthaginians, Ancient Rome’s Infamous Enemies, Are Not Exactly Who Scholars Thought They Were, Ancestry Study Suggests
DNA reveals that the people of Carthage, a powerful independent colony founded by the Phoenicians, had little genetic ...
Review: 'Ancestors' an insightful and persuasive study tracing human DNA in the Levant
Pierre Zalloua, a Lebanese-born population geneticist with a flair for (gently) stirring the pot, takes the reader on an ...
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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 ... The new study aimed to use ancient DNA to characterize Punic people's ancestry and look for genetic ...
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Phoenician culture spread mainly through cultural exchange
Ancient DNA analysis challenges our understanding of the ancient Phoenician-Punic civilization. An international team of ...
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How Hannibal's Carthage spread Phoenician culture without leaving a genetic trace
The study aimed to use ancient DNA to characterize Punic people's ancestry and look for genetic ... and Punic archaeological sites spanning the Levant, North Africa, Iberia, and the Mediterranean ...
The New York Times19d
Who’s a Carthaginian? Genetic Study Revises Ancestry of Rome’s Ancient Nemesis
An international research team analyzed the degraded DNA from the remains of 210 individuals, including 196 from 14 sites traditionally identified as Phoenician and Punic in the Levant ...
Smithsonian Magazine12d
Carthaginians, Ancient Rome’s Infamous Enemies, Are Not Exactly Who Scholars Thought They Were, Ancestry Study Suggests
Scientists examined ancient DNA to trace the ancestry of the people of Carthage ... including in the Levant, Iberia, North Africa, Sicily, Sardinia and Ibiza. Phoenician cities and their ...