Ancient Phoenicians may be forgotten but not gone

Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 14:56 in Paleontology & Archaeology

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 in 17 men living in communities around the Mediterranean may be descended from these ancient mariners.

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