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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 ...
Who’s a Carthaginian? Genetic Study Revises Ancestry of Rome’s Ancient Nemesis
The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...
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Ancient DNA challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization
The Carthaginian empire left its mark in history, particularly well-known for the three large-scale "Punic Wars" with the ...
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Iberian City of Kissa Found, Key in Punic Wars
The first battle that the Roman army fought in what is now Catalonia took place in 218 BC in the area around the Iberian town ...
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Scientists rewrite history of the Phoenicians with surprising DNA discovery
A new DNA study is changing what we thought we knew about one of the ancient world’s great civilizations—the Phoenicians and ...
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Phoenician Culture Expanded Via Cultural Exchange
Study challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization, one of the most influential ...
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Phoenician culture spread mainly through cultural exchange
The new ancient DNA study sequenced human ... particularly well-known for the three large-scale “Punic Wars” with the rising Roman Republic, including the Carthaginian general Hannibal ...
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Ancient DNA challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization
The Carthaginian empire left its mark in history, particularly well-known for the three large-scale "Punic Wars" with the rising Roman Republic ... of the Ancient Mediterranean, co-directed ...