The ancient Phoenicians may be largely forgotten, but they're not gone. Rome destroyed the Phoenicians' greatest city — Carthage — centuries ago, but new genetic studies indicate that as many as one ...

When you think of famous BCE-era civilizations, some that immediately spring to mind are probably the Ancient Greeks, Ancient Egyptians, and other such societies that flourished around the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. DNA recovered from the remains of ancient Phoenicians supports the idea that they were lovers more than fighters. The ...

A huge basin on a tiny island off the coast of Sicily, long thought to have been an ancient harbor, was actually a sacred freshwater pool surrounded by Phoenician temples and aligned to the stars, ...

Christopher Columbus and his discovery of the Americas in 1492 is one of the great stories of modern history. But five centuries after his momentous achievement, a British explorer wants to prove that ...

On the ancient Syrian island of Arwad, which was settled by the Phoenicians in about 2000BC, men are hard at work hammering wooden pegs into the hull of a ship. But this vessel will not be taking ...

Archaeologists in Morocco have discovered the remains of a 4,200-year-old settlement that predates the Phoenicians — a ...

The ancient Phoenicians may be largely forgotten, but they are not gone. Rome destroyed the Phoenicians' greatest city - Carthage - centuries ago, but new genetic studies indicate that as many as one ...