Ancient Phoenicians forgotten, but not gone
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 15:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Rome destroyed the Phoenicians' greatest city — Carthage — centuries ago, but new genetic studies indicate that as many as one in 17 men living in communities around the Mediterranean may be descended from these ancient mariners.
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