| 单词 | Phoenician |
| 例句 | They were never more than a few steps from the cool Mediterranean, and Abdulrahman would follow Ahmad to the shore and up the great Phoenician stones of the wall. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The water breached and dodged the Phoenician stones surrounding the island without any difficulty at all. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The writing was no longer an ambiguous syllabary mixed with logograms but an alphabet borrowed from the Phoenician consonantal alphabet and improved by the Greek invention of vowels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Four hundred years before Eratosthenes, Africa had been circumnavigated by a Phoenician fleet in the employ of the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Enthusiasts proposed a dozen groups as the ancestral stock: Phoenicians, Basques, Chinese, Scythians, Romans, Africans, “Hindoos,” ancient Greeks, ancient Assyrians, ancient Egyptians, the inhabitants of Atlantis, even straying bands of Welsh. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Nineteenth- century writers attributed the mound complexes to, among others, the Chinese, the Welsh, the Phoenicians, the lost nation of Atlantis, and various biblical personages. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Ahmad taught him how to spear a fish, how to row a boat alone, how to dive from the great Phoenician stones on the islands southern wall. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z In Ionia, the Phoenician alphabet was first adapted to Greek usage and widespread literacy became possible. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The water whorled and flopped against the stones and we considered Phlebas the Phoenician, drowned and ageing in reverse, the current picking his bones in whispers. TS Eliot's The Waste Land 2012 – a multimedia walk 2012-07-30T11:14:00Z For years, Byblos’s main draws were its Crusader citadel, Phoenician ramparts and Bronze Age ruins of L-shaped temples scattered along a seaside bluff like oversized Lego blocks. 2010-01-05T22:35:00Z It features replicas of ancient ships, including a Phoenician galley and a Viking dragon boat, as well as equipment that helped sailors navigate the seas before GPS and satellite phones, imm-hamburg.de/international/en/. Hamburg: Chocolate, coffee and a billion-dollar concert hall 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Sicily reflects the culture of Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Normans, and Saracens as well as that of mediaeval and feudal Christianity. From the archive, 5 July 1943: Editorial: The risk of bombing cultural treasures 2012-07-05T06:30:00Z Growing up in Arles, a centuries-old city in Provence that once served as a Phoenician port, Mr. Lacroix studied art history, with the idea of becoming a curator. Christian Lacroix Puts Opulence into a ‘Midsummer Night’s’ Ballet 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Phlebas, the drowned Phoenician sailor, would not have made half so good a subject for The Waste Land had he managed to swim back to land. Found at Sea by Andrew Greig – review 2013-05-03T14:36:01Z Many are concentrated in the historical center, much of it entirely pedestrian and dating back to Phoenician times. A Cultural Hub Takes Form in Málaga 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Once a Berber town, then a Phoenician trading post, Tangier had been considered an “international zone” since 1924, under the joint administration of France, Spain and the UK. Juno Temple: 'Real eroticism is about how somebody’s sweat tastes' 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z It's important to remember that soldiers of many different nationalities served in Xerxes's army: Phoenicians, Jews, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians. Poem of the week: Night Subway by Katha Pollitt 2012-07-23T11:03:39Z The Phoenician Spa is among the newest and nearly doubled in size to 37,000 square feet when it expanded last March. 36 Hours in Scottsdale 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Others he retrofitted into capriccios of the multifaith city, whose inhabitants worshiped a collection of Babylonian, Phoenician and Greek gods. The Ancient Syrian City ISIS Is Destroying, Preserved Online 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans all cultivated it. Italy’s Treasured Olive Oil, at the Source 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z One morning we and about a dozen Italian tourists followed an Italian-only-speaking guide down a dark corridor below the church to the catacombs, which originated as a Phoenician necropolis in the sixth century B.C. Explorer: The Island of Sant?Antioco, off Sardinia, Italy 2010-03-26T07:58:00Z There are theories that these grapes were originally brought by the Phoenicians. Maltese Wines Are a Long Way From the Wine Shop 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z They were carved between the sixth and fourth centuries BC, when Lebanon’s Phoenician civilization was ruled by the Persian empire but influenced by Greek art and culture. Ancient statues return to Lebanon as war on smuggling intensifies 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The shape of the boats goes back eight centuries before Christ to when Malta was a Phoenician colony. Malta: A citadel of many cultures in the middle of the Mediterranean 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z In reality Dido did indeed kill herself on a pyre of flames, whether following the Phoenician tradition of human sacrifice, or to avoid pressure from the native king and save her city. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z On islands like Santorini — where the sandy, volcanic soils were first planted by the Phoenicians and have been tilled for nearly 3,500 years — vintners are able to work with antique varietals long forgotten elsewhere. A New Generation of Mediterranean Wines 2010-07-21T10:15:00Z But they will also visit some of the island’s historic sites, like mining towns, ancient Phoenician and Roman settlements and archaeological dig sites. In Transit Blog: Sardinian Food and History, Via Bike 2014-02-20T22:20:59Z Ignoring the warnings of the ancient Phoenicians, I sailed past the legendary Pillars of Hercules, the mountains that flank the Strait of Gibraltar, and didn’t fall off the edge of the world. In Spain’s Andalusia region, discovering tuna and sherry and a kinship with the Phoenicians Located on the east coast of the Mediterranean, Lebanon was an important part of the classical world, home to the Phoenician civilization and part of the Persian and Roman empires. Ancient statues looted in Lebanese war returned decades later 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Finally, the heavens hear his pleas to return home, and they grant him passage to the country of the Phoenicians. Why are we SO obsessed with stories of hospitality gone wrong? 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z This 1940s pharaonic-style building is home to artifacts spanning Lebanon's long history, including the sarcophagus of Ahiram, King of Byblos, on which is inscribed the first known Phoenician alphabet — the prototype of modern Western versions. Five Reasons to Visit Beirut 2011-10-27T12:40:00Z Carthage these days is a northern suburb of Tunis, the Tunisian capital, an affluent residential area with large walled villas and ambassadorial residences set amid scattered Roman and Phoenician ruins. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Above, a bronze statue of Reshef, an ancient Phoenician god of war and thunder, from around 1000 B.C. Pharrell in Poland and Degas in Melbourne: Global Arts Guide 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z I admire my fellow Phoenician for his restraint. I am too old to fight hipsters 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z As the pears soak up the syrup, they progress along the colour swatch from victoria plum to – and this takes about 48 hours – a rather regal-looking Phoenician purple. Rachel Roddy's recipe for pears poached in red wine 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Long before the Normans, parts of Sicily were colonized by the Carthaginians — successors of the seafaring Phoenicians and great foes of the Sicilian Greeks and the Romans. Discovering Sicily’s layers of culture 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z The funds will help protect the ancient ruins and artifacts of the Phoenician port town. Raffle Offers Chance to Own a Picasso for $135 2013-10-09T17:37:26Z Wafa Chami, the chef, was born in northern Lebanon in the ancient Phoenician port of Tripoli, to an inheritance of recipes five generations deep. The Smoky Allure of Lebanon Wafts Through Wafa’s Express 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The family are part of a dwindling number of Maltese salt farmers continuing a tradition on the island of Gozo that dates back to Phoenician times. Maltese family keeps ancient salt-harvesting tradition alive 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z The ancient Phoenicians, she added, made Egyptian-style jewelry, including rings with scarabs or cartouches of pharaohs. Jewelry Counterfeits: The Age-Old Problem Just Keeps Growing 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z The Romans never considered these contingencies when they adopted a version of the alphabet, handed down via the Greeks and Etruscans, that had been invented by the Phoenicians in about 1000 B.C. Adrian Frutiger Dies at 87; His Type Designs Show You the Way 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z They are the latest in a very long line of foreign invaders: the Phoenicians came in around 8th century B.C., followed by Roman legions, marauding Vandals, Moors, Ottoman Turks and others. In Spain, finding peace — and paella — on Mallorca 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z They were met by well-marked walking routes, which took them to a Phoenician sarcophagus, a Roman theater and the Royal Tobacco Factory. 50 years later, a man relives scenes from his youth in southern Spain 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The provenance of the bay’s name is unclear, though it has been suggested it’s because a Phoenician coin was unearthed nearby. Pip and Me: A Journey Into the World of ‘Great Expectations’ 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Boasting a profound history and magical light, Lisbon is believed to have been settled around 1200 B.C. by the Phoenicians, who aptly named it Allis Ubbo, or "safe harbor." Lisbon Insiders Reveal the City's Best Restaurants, Hotels and Shopping Destinations 2014-02-27T05:00:00Z The ancient Phoenicians called it “Nura,” or the Island of Fire. Spain’s beguiling island of Menorca 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z It is also the site of the ancient port of Dor, where hidden in the seabed lie the vestiges of marine traders throughout the ages - from the Phoenicians to the Romans. Under the sea: antiquities make way for Israel's Leviathan pipeline 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Lebanon, where winemaking dates back to the ancient Phoenicians, lies further south than most northern hemisphere wine-producing nations. Lebanon wines bring villages back to life and emigrants home 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z The vessels, from Phoenician galleys to Victorian steamboats, mostly brought under $100 each. Antiques: ‘Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion’ at Biblical Art 2012-10-12T05:20:06Z They were carved between the sixth and fourth centuries BC, when Lebanon’s Phoenician civilization was ruled by the Persian empire but influenced by Greek art and culture. Ancient statues return to Lebanon as war on smuggling intensifies 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Located on the east coast of the Mediterranean, Lebanon was an important part of the classical world, home to the Phoenician civilization and part of the Persian and Roman empires. Ancient statues looted in Lebanese war returned decades later 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Depending on whom you ask, it was built by Phoenicians, Romans, Moors, crusaders, Vikings or aliens. T Magazine: Stone Soul Picnic 2011-05-20T16:28:24Z The three-level building at the Phoenician Resort now includes an aromatherapy blending bar for custom massage oil, generous hot pools, a fire-lit relaxation lounge and 24 treatment rooms. 36 Hours in Scottsdale 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z The journey begins with the vibrant pre-Greek cultures, notably the Phoenicians, who also founded Carthage. Land of reinvention 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z He claimed that women didn’t mind being carried off by the Phoenicians, the Greeks and the Trojans. The War Crime No One Wants to Talk About 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Thanks in part to Phoenician mobility, Etruscans in central Italy, citizens of Cyprus, and Babylonians in southern Iraq were, at least in their art, on a cosmopolitan par. ‘Assyria to Iberia,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The Byblos festival takes place on the ancient city’s seafront, near the old city, with its Phoenician temple, Roman theater, Crusader castle and winding souk. Lebanon's glamorous music festivals struggle in tough times 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z The Phoenicians were the most advanced sailors of the time and developed a powerful navy to protect their trade routes. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Most scholars believe he was a Phoenician, but the only evidence that a glassmaker named Ennion existed at all is that his name appears prominently impressed on the sides of most of his known works. Review: ‘Ennion,’ at the Met, Profiles an Ancient Glassmaker 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z It was founded in 814 B.C. by Dido, a Phoenician princess from ancient Tyre, fleeing her homicidal brother Pygmalion, who had killed her husband. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z “The Phoenicians considered this a magic island,” she says, “naming it for a Babylonian god who protects from evil spirits.” Ibiza may be a party island, but we made it a family vacation spot 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Scholars believe the area was first settled by the Phoenicians and emerged as a key Roman empire outpost from the second to fifth century. Moroccan archaeologists unearth new ruins at Chellah, a tourism-friendly ancient port near Rabat 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The fishing industry employees 2,000 people in Tyre, a centre of ancient civilisation from where the Phoenicians sailed all over the Mediterranean. Lebanese boats warned off fishing areas amid border clashes 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z In other words, “cooling concrete” and other efforts at mitigating the heat might give Phoenicians more time there. Phoenix northwest? Climate change migrants could be headed our way 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z The experience of Jack and his fellow Phoenicians is increasingly common. Surviving Extreme Heat 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The Phoenicians, from coastal areas of present-day Lebanon and Syria, established colonies and trading posts throughout the Mediterranean from 1,500 BC to 300 BC. Spanish archaeologists plan rescue of 2,500-year-old Phoenician shipwreck 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The Phoenicians were not a particularly warlike people. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Likewise, this northern African region has had a long history of cultural contact with other Mediterranean cultures like the Greeks, Phoenicians, and Romans. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z First cultivated by the Phoenicians, saffron now colors and perfumes numerous dishes, from little gnocchi called malloreddus to gelato and zeppole, a fried dough eaten at Carnival. Orecchiette with saffron, ricotta and mint conjures Sardinian fields 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Several centuries later, around 1,100 B.C., these earliest alphabetic scripts were adopted by the Phoenicians, who strictly wrote from right to left and standardized the shape and stance of the letters. An Ancient People’s Oldest Message: Get Rid of Beard Lice. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z “We cannot change the history, because if we want to change the history, we should change everything, starting from the Greeks, from the Phoenicians, from the Romans,” he said. Muti’s legacy: respect composers, reject revisionists 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Phoenician trade was not, however, the most important legacy of their society. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Beginning in the tenth century BCE, the Phoenicians established colonies and trading outposts along the Mediterranean coasts of North Africa and southern Europe. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z He said that according to its Phoenician etymology, Malta means “safe harbor.” Pope blames a ‘potentate’ for casting ‘dark shadows of war’ on Ukraine 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z “There is a wide misconception in the general public that the Phoenicians invented the alphabet,” Dr. Rollston said. An Ancient People’s Oldest Message: Get Rid of Beard Lice. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Some scholars believe that the Phoenicians traded for tin with inhabitants of the southern coast of Britain. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As early as 1300 BCE, building on the work of earlier Canaanites, the Phoenicians developed a syllabic alphabet that formed the basis of Greek and Roman writing much later. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The agreement confirmed Hittite control of Syria and Egyptian dominance over the Phoenician ports of the eastern Mediterranean. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Phoenician settlers are believed to have founded Carthage roughly 3,000 years ago and it eventually became one of the great powers of antiquity with a mighty navy based at a near impregnable port complex. Tunisian enthusiast recreates sea snail purple dye that defined ancient royals 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The alphabet continued to evolve, from Phoenician to Old Hebrew to Old Aramaic to Ancient Greek to Latin, becoming the basis for today’s modern English characters. An Ancient People’s Oldest Message: Get Rid of Beard Lice. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The Phoenicians’ most important city-states in the eastern Mediterranean were Sidon and Tyre, both known for their production of red-purple dye, and Byblos, a trading center for papyrus. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Phoenician mastery of sailing and the use of the syllabic alphabet were both boons to trade. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the Phoenician alphabet simplified the earlier script of the Canaanites, more people could now become literate, not just a small, specialized group of scribes. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Huge mounds of broken shells from the dye industry of centuries past are still found near great Phoenician centres. Tunisian enthusiast recreates sea snail purple dye that defined ancient royals 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z There are Phoenician forts, Celtic castles, Moorish minarets, Roman ramparts, granite Greek graves — all left by bygone civilizations that came here conquering, all bent on leaving something for posterity. A Spanish Mystery: Is a ‘Masked Restorer’ to Blame for a Church’s Botched Repair? 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Phoenicians built colonies along the northern coast of Africa and the coasts of Sicily, Sardinia, and Spain. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Rome’s great rival in this early period of expansion was the North-African city of Carthage, founded centuries earlier by Phoenician colonists. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Phoenicians’ commercial success was undoubtedly partly a result of their better, more efficient record- keeping system that a larger population could learn and employ. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z For the ancient Phoenicians, from modern-day Lebanon, the trade in Tyrian purple helped build a mercantile empire that established new colonies across the Mediterranean, including at Carthage, near modern Tunis, under the mythical Queen Dido. Tunisian enthusiast recreates sea snail purple dye that defined ancient royals 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Artisans carved buttons from its pearly shell and the Phoenicians wove luxury garments from the soft, iridescent threads the mussel uses to anchor itself to rocks. Iconic Mediterranean mussel, one of world's largest, faces ‘imminent extinction’ 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The colonies were about 30 miles apart—about the distance a Phoenician ship could sail in a day. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Phoenicians established colonies all over the shores Mediterranean, where they provided anchors in a new international trade network that eventually replaced the one destroyed with the fall of the Bronze Age. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Assyrians valued Phoenician artists, and finely crafted Phoenician wares such as jewelry and furniture became popular among the ruling elites. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Residents of Italy’s island of Sardinia have dealt in recent decades with groundwater contamination caused by acidified floodwaters laden with zinc, cadmium and lead draining from mines, including millennia-old Phoenician ones. Climate Change Is Acidifying and Contaminating Drinking Water and Alpine Ecosystems 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z His first photo book, “The Phoenician Collapse,” will be published in 2022. How Corruption Ruined Lebanon 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z As merchants, the Phoenicians needed a way of recording transactions clearly and quickly. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The most prominent Phoenician city was Carthage in North Africa, which centuries later would become the great rival of the Roman Republic. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Persians relied largely on Phoenician sailors and ships to serve as the naval forces, especially in their campaigns to conquer Greece in the early fifth century BCE. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In the Bible, Jezebel is the name given to the Phoenician wife of Israel’s King Ahab in the Old Testament. Kamala Harris a ‘Jezebel’? Southern Baptist leaders’ insult is dangerous, experts say 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z “We’ve since learned that cooking the planet to keep Phoenicians cool is a bad idea.” Power plant stacks that loom over Arizona set to come down 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z So, the Phoenicians developed a writing system that used symbols to represent sounds. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, in societies like that of the Phoenicians, there was no need for a scribal class, since even normal merchants could become literate. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Phoenicians were not the only people establishing colonial outposts around the wider Mediterranean world. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In the 1970s, a number of the Phoenician figurines began turning up on the illicit antiquities market. From the Seabed, Figures of an Ancient Cult 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z This script, dubbed Phoenician, was easy to learn, easy to adapt to local languages, and became the basis for the modern Roman alphabet we use today. Opinion | The Elites Were Living High. Then Came the Fall. 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z The Phoenician system was phonetic—that is, one sign was used for one sound. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Ultimately, the Greeks and then the Romans adopted Phoenician writing, and the alphabets used in most European languages in the present is a direct descendant of the Phoenician one as a result. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z It was through these colonial ventures that Greeks and Phoenicians came into contact with the Etruscans of the northern Italian peninsula. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Many of the figurines carried symbols associated with Tanit, a goddess of the Phoenician pantheon — and the main goddess of Carthage by the 5th century B.C. From the Seabed, Figures of an Ancient Cult 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z The Phoenicians introduced olives to the area nearly 3,000 years ago. Tunisia is one of the world’s top olive oil producers. But now, it’s facing a crisis of too much. 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z In fact, the word alphabet comes directly from the first two letters of the Phoenician alphabet: aleph and beth. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To this day, the English word “phonetic,” meaning the correspondence of symbols and sounds, is directly related to the word “Phoenician.” Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Far to the west, on the island of Ischia off the west coast of Italy, Greeks were competing with Phoenician merchants for trade with local peoples, whose iron ore was in strong demand. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The ancient Phoenicians were a seafaring merchant culture that stretched across the Mediterranean. From the Seabed, Figures of an Ancient Cult 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z This year’s conference took place at the Phoenician resort near Phoenix. Vox Media Acquires New York Magazine, Chronicler of the Highbrow and Lowbrow 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z As they traveled around the Mediterranean, the Phoenicians introduced this writing system to their trading partners. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The formerly-independent Phoenician city- states within the Assyrian zone of control surrendered, paid tribute, and deferred to Assyrian officials rather than face their wrath in battle. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z During the new Iron Age, the Phoenicians not only preserved Bronze Age cultural traditions but they also developed a revolutionary new communication tool, the alphabet, that vastly expanded literacy. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z One example is an investigation of ritualized human sacrifice in Carthage, an ancient Phoenician city in Northern Africa. The birth certificate in your mouth 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Pinto became fascinated by the Phoenicians, and by the Iberian and Celtic tribes that settled in Portugal before the Romans came. How Football Leaks Is Exposing Corruption in European Soccer 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z The Greeks, for example, adopted the Phoenician alphabet and changed the form of some of the letters. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z These Greeks reestablished long-distance trade routes, most importantly with the Phoenicians, the great traders and merchants of the Iron Age. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The arrival of the Phoenicians and Greek traders in the western Mediterranean brought them into contact with the Etruscans in the Italian peninsula. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But what Italians actually think about migrants is complicated, especially in Palermo, a city with a history dating back to at least the Phoenicians that adapted to conquerors and waves of immigration. Palermo Is Again a Migrant City, Shaped Now by Bangladeshis and Nigerians 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Later, he visited two other churches in this coastal city renowned for its ancient Phoenician, Roman, and Crusader ruins where he was greeted by priests who briefed about the history of each church. Pompeo tours Lebanese historical sites in ancient city 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z However, the Phoenician contribution to the world was enormous. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the various influences the Ionian Greeks received from the Phoenicians, none was more important than their alphabet. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z At the site of Al-Mina, along the Mediterranean coast in Syria where historians believe the Phoenician alphabet was first transmitted to the Greeks, Greek and Phoenician merchants exchanged goods. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “Phoenician Shipwrecks” charts the fascinating history of the Phoenix canals, some of whose routes predate the city by nearly two millenniums. Bruce Berger’s ‘A Desert Harvest’ finds a story in every sunset and quirky character of the West 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Phoenicians from the Near East built trading ports there 3,000 years ago, and Romans conquered the region around 200 B.C. A History of the Iberian Peninsula, as Told by Its Skeletons 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Phoenician trade was upset when their eastern cities were captured by Assyrians in 842 B.C. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Cyrus was followed by his son Cambyses II. Cambyses led the Persian armies west, conquering both the rich Phoenician cities of the eastern Mediterranean coast and Egypt. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Historians and archaeologists have long recognized connections between different Mediterranean cultures like the Greeks, Etruscans, and Phoenicians. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Pence is scheduled to speak midday at the Phoenician resort. Pence to visit Arizona for manufacturers’ meeting 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Over the centuries, its construction has been confidently credited to giants, wizards, Phoenicians, Mycenaeans, Romans, Saxons, Danes and aliens. The battle for the future of Stonehenge 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The Phoenicians lived in a region at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea that was later called Palestine. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z On Twitter, he often pokes fun at the habit some Middle Easterners have of claiming long-lost civilizations like the Phoenicians and the Assyrians as their cultural ancestors. Karl Sharro’s Acid-Tinged Satire of the Middle East 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z It was also through the Phoenician port city of Byblos that Egyptian papyrus frequently flowed to other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The English alphabet is descended, via the Latin, from the Greek alphabet, which, according to Herodotus, was adapted from the Phoenician alphabet in the time of Cadmus. Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Climate change is already threatening some of the Mediterranean’s most treasured historical sites, from the iconic Venice canals to the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre. Rising Seas Threaten Iconic Mediterranean Sites 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The Phoenicians traded goods they got from other lands—wine, weapons, precious metals, ivory, and slaves. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His comic strips feature a pair of imaginary Phoenicians, Abdeshmun and Hanno—members of an ancient civilization that originated in modern-day Lebanon—and Sharro hoped to see the Met’s collection of Phoenician artifacts. Karl Sharro’s Acid-Tinged Satire of the Middle East 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z While the religion of the Persians was Zoroastrianism, the empire included people of different religions, including Armenians, Nubians, Libyans, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Babylonians, Ionian Greeks, Bactrians, Judeans, and many others. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z How did the Phoenicians get along without it? Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The site most at risk from coastal erosion is the Lebanese city of Tyre, an ancient Phoenician metropolis and cultural hub, which sits on a tiny peninsula jutting directly into the Mediterranean Sea. Rising Seas Threaten Iconic Mediterranean Sites 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The Phoenician homeland later came under the control of the Babylonians and of the Persian empire of King Cyrus I. One of their most lasting contributions remains the spread of the alphabet. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked a museum guard for directions to the Phoenician collection. Karl Sharro’s Acid-Tinged Satire of the Middle East 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z By the eighth century BCE, the Greeks had also adopted and later adapted the Phoenician alphabet to write their language. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Greeks’ genius was to take the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted of twenty-two consonants, and add vowels to it. Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Phoenicians able to move, or even vacation, in cooler climes such as Flagstaff are usually older and wealthier. Climate gentrification: the rich can afford to move – what about the poor? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Though traveling was difficult in ancient times, trading networks like those of the Phoenicians ensured the exchange of products and information. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the corner was a small gallery of Phoenician objects. Karl Sharro’s Acid-Tinged Satire of the Middle East 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z They modified the alphabet the Greeks had acquired from the Phoenicians to write their language, which scholars have not yet fully deciphered. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Greeks also added consonants for sounds they needed that the Phoenicians didn’t have. Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z If we condense all Earth’s history down into a single calendar year, the Phoenicians, Julius Caesar, and everyone reading this article all exist together in the last few seconds before midnight on December 31. Ancient Romans never reached Greenland, but the emissions from their silver mining did 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Phoenician traders made crucial contributions to world civilization. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to soften on the appeal of a Phoenician legacy. Karl Sharro’s Acid-Tinged Satire of the Middle East 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z During this transition, the Phoenicians built their civilization and invented the alphabet around 1100 BCE, establishing trade networks that linked the entire Mediterranean basin. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Phoenicians were seagoing traders from the eastern Mediterranean, who needed a system of writing to keep track of the merchandise they ferried throughout the ancient world. Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z This coincides with the high point of the Phoenician civilization, who were expanding into the western Mediterranean. Ancient Romans never reached Greenland, but the emissions from their silver mining did 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z The Phoenicians were not the only ancient people to live in Palestine. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s that argument, ‘Oh, they never called themselves Phoenicians.’ Karl Sharro’s Acid-Tinged Satire of the Middle East 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The arrival of Phoenicians and especially Greeks in central Italy after 700 BCE contributed to the evolution of a new culture in Italy, the Etruscans. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Other Phoenician “gutturals” gave the Greeks names for some of their vowels. Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Following Lambert’s wedding, the trophy made stops at the Phoenician Resort and the W Scottsdale hotel, where it was a popular attraction. Former Caps assistant Lane Lambert got married on his day with the Stanley Cup 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z He built a trading empire with the help of his friend Hiram, the king of the Phoenician city of Tyre. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Phoenician traders established a colony, which was conquered by the Romans, who were routed by the Byzantines, who were kicked out by the Aghlabids. The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z What is an example of the Greeks borrowing and adapting Phoenician cultural traits? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z This corresponds to the spread of Phoenician traders and settlers from their home cities in the Levant into the western Mediterranean, and the consequent exploitation of galena mines in Iberia. Arctic ice brings an understanding of ancient Europe’s economy 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Lebanon’s native language was Phoenician or Canaan, which was also spoken in coastal Syria, northern coastal Israel and Cyprus. Let's banish the term 'Arab world'. What does it mean anyway? | Neheda Barakat 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Yet the later peoples, including the Assyrians, Phoenicians, and Hebrews, would adopt many ideas of the early Sumerians. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Navarro says that while the gold was sourced locally, the jewelry was mostly manufactured using Phoenician techniques. Origin of Mysterious 2,700-Year-Old Gold Treasure Revealed 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Greeks adopted the Phoenician fasces to symbolize power. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z An increase in lead concentration coincided with Rome’s victories in the Punic wars, against Carthage, the largest Phoenician colony, during in the third and second centuries BC. Arctic ice brings an understanding of ancient Europe’s economy 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The Phoenicians spanned the ancient Mediterranean trade routes, bringing the alphabet to the Greeks and literacy to Europeans. Thousands Once Spoke His Language in the Amazon. Now, He’s the Only One. 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Wine was used in ceremonies by the Egyptians, traded by the Phoenicians and honored by the Greek god Dionysus and the Roman god Bacchus. Drinking red wine is good for you — or maybe not 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The city is nearly as old as the Bible, built on Roman ruins and Phoenician settlements. TRAVEL: Spain’s Mallorca in the shadows of ‘The Night Manager’ 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Greeks adopted Phoenician deities to worship as gods. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z By contrast, the researchers found no evidence for proposed migrations to Greece from ancient Egypt or from the areas of the eastern Mediterranean occupied by the Phoenician sea-faring culture. DNA clue to origins of early Greek civilization - BBC News 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Canaanite presence persisted in the region, most notably in powerful port cities along the coast, where they were known to the Greeks as Phoenicians. Living Descendants of Biblical Canaanites Identified Via DNA 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Clearly, it was made by the Phoenicians or other visitors from faraway places, they insisted. Zimbabwe’s Rulers Use a Monument’s Walls to Build a Legacy 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z In the episode, he explains in a voice-over, “Everyone’s been through here—the Greeks, the Romans, the Phoenicians. So I knew this was going to be a great place to eat.” Anthony Bourdain’s Moveable Feast 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Greeks adopted Phoenician warfare tactics in their athletic competitions. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The sarcophagus of Ahiram, the king of Byblos, dates to the tenth century B.C.; it features one of the earliest examples of the Phoenician alphabet. Beirut’s Museums to War and Memories 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z They say he was heard yelling for help by employees of the Phoenician Resort, who went to meet him. Phoenix Fire Dept: Swiss man dies while hiking in Phoenix 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Lisbon, Portugal's city on the Tagus, one of the oldest in Western Europe, was originally settled as a Phoenician trading post. Affordable Retirement in Portugal’s Cosmopolitan Capital 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z It was a craft introduced by the Phoenicians, who established city states on the Mediterranean coast - including the city of Carthage in Tunisia. The woman reviving glassblowing in Tunisia - BBC News 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Areas that experienced either Phoenician contact or settlement are those identified with the green dotted line. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Baalshamin temple is dedicated to the Phoenician god of storms and fertilising rains. Destruction of Palmyra's Baalshamin temple 'a war crime' - BBC News 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The temple dates to the 1st century and is dedicated to the Phoenician god of rain. Islamic State destroys temple at Palmyra ruins in Syria 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Europa was a Phoenician princess of such astonishing beauty that Zeus, disguised as a white bull, spirited her off to Crete and had three children by her. Greece's debt crisis explained, in mythological terms 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Venice’s The Gritti Palace, and The Phoenician in Scottsdale, both part of The Luxury Collection, were the latest to go, with the group retaining contracts to manage and market each. As Its Parent Turns 150 Years Old, Peninsula Hotels Continues Down The Road Less Traveled 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Not only did they speak Punic, the language of the Phoenicians, but on occasion they also spoke Greek, particularly if they held positions of power or engaged in trade with Carthage. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z What that has to do with a Phoenician princess, bull-loving or otherwise, is unclear - Herodotus himself says he is baffled by it. The Vocabularist: The roots of the word 'eurosceptic' - BBC News 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The Phoenicians were just as great seafarers as any Greeks. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Santorum’s rosy take is different from the slightly nervous, somewhat unsettled mood among the state party chairs, committee members and operatives who have gathered at the luxurious Phoenician resort. Lack of 2016 front-runner puts the GOP on edge 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Republican leaders are descending on The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Ariz., for the party’s spring meeting, and Topic A is next year’s presidential campaign. Today in Politics: Gulf Leaders to Push Obama for Support 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Agricultural production also led to new growth for the old Phoenician coastal cities, which became commercial centers for shipping produce and livestock to Rome. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, Fatimids, Normans, Sicilians, Spanish, French, a European lay religious order and the British all tried to conquer or rule Malta, and many succeeded. Malta Offers Citizenship and All Its Perks for a Price 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Other peoples provided the Greeks with crucial technological advances; they learned the phonetic alphabet from the Phoenicians, and how to mint coins from the Lydians. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Later, the islands were controlled by the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans and the Byzantines, all of whom also left their marks. European Retirement is Affordable in Historic Malta 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z In creating letters, the Phoenicians and the Greeks are usually at work early, with the Romans jumping in late, adding the serifs and probably taking too much credit. Most writers love words. This one loves letters. 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Over time, this system grew from the relatively localized trade in agricultural products and iron goods centered on the Phoenician city of Carthage. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z In addition to the activities of indigenous people, the country’s archaeological sites hold artifacts from ancient Greek and Phoenician cultures. Save Libyan Archaeology Plea Issued 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the heart of the Sahara, Libya was a crossroads for many ancient cultures, including the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans. Cultural heritage: Save Libyan archaeology 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The Maltese language is believed to derive from the language of the ancient Phoenicians, who arrived on the islands in 750 B.C. European Retirement is Affordable in Historic Malta 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z The event, at the plush Phoenician Resort’s wood-paneled steakhouse overlooking the terraced pools and golf course here, featured short remarks from Bush and a longer question and answer session over a two-hour lunch. GWB Surprises GOP Governors 2013-11-21T22:35:23Z In exchange, the Phoenicians introduced these peoples to innovative technologies such as ironworking. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But in the 19th century, he asserted, with the rise of new strains of racism and anti-Semitism along with nationalism and colonialism in Europe, historians expunged Egyptians and Phoenicians from the story. Martin Bernal, ‘Black Athena’ Scholar, Dies at 76 2013-06-23T01:22:28Z There are a few things we do like the time of the Phoenicians. The Rail: The Gentle Heroes of Churchill Downs 2013-05-03T19:25:00Z Ancient Phoenician merchants roamed the Mediterranean, setting up cities such as Carthage and Cadiz. The Lebanese diaspora: A tale of two traders 2013-03-14T16:06:58Z In her book Cheese Rolling in Gloucestershire, Jean Jefferies suggests that, like most things, it may have been introduced by the Phoenicians while on a trading expedition up the Bristol Channel. Reasons to be cheerful in 2013 2012-12-31T15:30:49Z "One of the carvings, called 'The plaque of the Sun', predates the arrival of the Phoenicians in Morocco." Morocco stone carvings destroyed 2012-10-18T19:09:55Z “Nobody had to be told that Greece was deeply influenced by Egypt and the Phoenicians, or that 19th-century history included a lot of racial prejudice,” he said in a phone interview Tuesday. Martin Bernal, ‘Black Athena’ Scholar, Dies at 76 2013-06-23T01:22:28Z The analysis showed that all North African Jews are descended from forebears in the Middle East, supporting the hypothesis that biblical-era Israelites among Phoenician traders established colonies along the North African coast. Genetic study offers clues to history of North Africa's Jews 2012-08-06T21:12:58Z Indeed, Hebrew, unlike Assyrian or Phoenician, has no distinctive form for “goddess.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z In passing, I might mention that Canaan was never inconvenienced by the curse of Noah, because he was the Father of seven prosperous nations, foremost among them were the Canaanites, Phoenicians and Sidonians. The Black Man, the Father of Civilization Proven by Biblical History 2012-04-24T02:00:16.783Z Another Hermias was a Phoenician philosopher of the Alexandrian school; when Justinian closed the school of Athens, he was one of the five representatives of the school who took refuge at the Persian court. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z And she is not above thinking that some items have special powers, among them a set of Phoenician swords, a row of elongated triangles turned silvery by oxidation. | Upper East Side: Upper East Side/Habitats - A Loft Aesthetic in a Chintz World 2012-02-18T10:00:05Z Citium, the principal Phoenician state, does not appear by name; but is usually recognized in the list under its Phoenician title Karṭi-ḥadasti, “new town.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The Phoenician element seems to have been dominant in the island when Evagoras made himself king of Salamis in 412, and restored Hellenism with a strong hand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Rama is the Indian and Phoenician name for the zodiac. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z But there is a robuster force both of defence and of offence in the son of the Venusian freedman than in the young Phoenician freedman. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The story that Phoenician merchants found a glass-like substance under their cooking pots, which had been supported on blocks of natron, need not be discarded as pure fiction. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z In the earliest Phoenician it is with slight variations; in most Greek dialects which has been adopted as the Greek literary form, but in others as e.g. the earliest Attic or . Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Even into the original seats of the Phoenicians Hellenism began to intrude. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Knowing, as we do, the immense diffusion of her worship amongst the Babylonians, Assyrians, and Phoenicians, this appears strange. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z But the case of an imitative artist reproducing impressions derived from literature is different; and the circumstances of Terence's Phoenician origin and early life may well have developed in him a precocity of talent. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The original, inscribed on a tablet in the Phoenician language, was hung up in the temple of Melkarth on his return to Carthage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Prehistoric grave-mounds are common on the hills of the interior, and in later times Curzola may have been a Phoenician settlement. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z From the beginning of Phoenician records it has consisted of two uprights connected by transverse bars, at first either two or three in number. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z In plate 10 the Mithraic lion has seven stars above it, around which are placed respectively, words written in Greek, Etruscan and Phoenician characters, ZEDCH. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z But there was no doubt as to his Phoenician origin. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z In 190 he was placed in command of a Phoenician fleet, but was defeated in a battle off the river Eurymedon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z There is, however, nothing in this period which can be ascribed to specifically “Phoenician” influence; the only traces of writing are in a variety of the Aegean script. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The Phoenician, though written in the style of history, is made up of personifications of time, the sun, the stars, earth, seasons, etc. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z This remarkable tree, Tamar in Phoenician and Hebrew, the phoenix in Greek, was formerly abundant in Palestine and the neighbouring regions. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z Other coins date from the Roman Empire and from the era before Rome when a number of cultures including Celts and Phoenicians inhabited what is now Spain. Collection of 37,895 rare Spanish coins, some more than 2,000 years old, to be auctioned 2011-12-15T20:14:52Z Nor has a single relic of Phoenician art or coin been found in Cornwall. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z But there is at present no clear proof of Phoenician or other Semitic activity in Cyprus until the last years of the 8th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z These seven planets were the cabiri of the Egyptians and Phoenicians; of which Baal, "the Lord," was the chief, being added as the eighth. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z Of the wealth and enterprise of the Phoenicians, Ancient History tells us abundance. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z The so-called Phoenician alphabet, in use amongst the later Greeks, is unknown in the earliest age. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z There is no evidence that the Phoenicians ever visited Cornwall. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z The Phoenician name Daleth is represented by the Greek Delta. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The planet Saturn was called Israel by the Phoenicians and Chaldees; the patriarch Abraham is synonymous with the name Israel throughout the Bible. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z The Maltese cross, a Phoenician emblem, was discovered cut on a rock in the island from which it takes its name. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z Our earliest glimpses of the Aegean after the period of the migrations disclose the raids of the pirate and the activity of the Phoenician trader. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z We consider it best to omit making any remarks respecting the ideas entertained about angels by the Phoenicians, for we have scarcely any information about their mythology beyond the names of certain gods and goddesses. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Those Aegean influences, however, which had been predominant in the later Bronze Age, and had never wholly ceased, revived, as Hellenism matured and spread, and slowly repelled the mixed Phoenician orientalism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z By far the most curious of them are those which the Phoenicians discovered at the time when they went with Thasos and colonized the island, which took its name from him. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The Phoenicians themselves certainly never thought they were connected in any way with the Jews, and the Jews were equally without light on the subject. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z It is not till the 8th century has dawned that trade begins to revive, and the Phoenician has to retire before his Greek competitor. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Sacrifice in an enclosed place seems to have been adopted from the Phoenicians by David and Solomon, but not to have been popular for some centuries. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z He also suggested that Greek mythology owed much to the Phoenicians and Egyptians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z At Rio Tinto there still remain enormous slag heaps from the Romans, and the Phoenician miners before them. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The Phoenicians not only built boats but manned them; the Jew would rather risk his investment in a boat than himself. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z The Phoenician and the Carthaginian navigators penetrated to Britain; they discovered the passage round the Cape two thousand years before Vasco da Gama’s time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Baal was the sun god, chief male divinity of the Phoenicians; Ashtoreth, representing the moon, a goddess of the Philistines—the same as Astarte of the Zidonians. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z At the last, there passed over a people wonderful to behold; for they spake the Phoenician tongue, and dwelt in the Solym�an mountains, near a broad lake. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z Research in this island shows that it produced copper from 3000 B.C., and largely because of its copper it passed successively under the domination of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Persians, and Romans. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Philo tells us that the great God El whom the Hebrews and Phoenicians worshiped, once descended to earth, and became a king. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z We may compare some of the gold ornaments from Camirus in Rhodes, which show an Ionian tendency, perhaps combined with Phoenician elements. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The Phoenicians are the earliest Mediterranean people in the consecutive chain of geographical discovery which joins pre-historic time with the present. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Here he received the tribute of the Phoenician cities, among them being Tyre and Sidon. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z The Phoenicians and the Greeks.—About the end of the 8th and beginning of the 7th century B.C. the Phoenicians began to exercise a powerful influence as intermediaries between Egypt and Assyria and the Mediterranean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The former is a major ancient Roman city, while the latter was built by the Phoenicians more than 1500 years ago. Claims of Mass Libyan Looting Rejected by Archaeologists 2011-09-01T22:12:46Z The Asiatic-Phrygian worship thus evolved was further modified by contact with the Syrians and Phoenicians, so that it acquired strong Semitic characteristics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The great Phoenician colony of Carthage, founded before 800 B.C., perpetuated the commercial enterprise of the parent state, and extended the sphere of practical trade to the ocean shores of Africa and Europe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z It is a help which we look for in vain in Phoenician or Hebrew inscriptions. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z It was adopted from the Phoenicians both by Greeks and Etruscans. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Libya boasts a host of ancient Phoenician and Roman sites, as well as major collections of ancient artifacts in Tripoli's Jamahiriya Museum and other smaller museums around the country. Claims of Mass Libyan Looting Rejected by Archaeologists 2011-09-01T22:12:46Z It laid down the course supposed to have been followed by Ulysses, and described the voyages of the Phoenicians to Britain. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z From Sidon, and later from its more famous rival Tyre, the merchant adventurers of The Phoenicians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The Assyrians, however, were not a naval people, and the biremes, employed by Sennacherib when he attacked the Chaldaean colony in the Persian Gulf, were built and manned by Phoenicians. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z This letter "T" was a cross in the older Hebrew script as well as in the Phoenician and Samaritan. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z The name of Adonis is manifestly a form of the Phoenician Adon, "Lord". Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z It must be admitted that the resemblance between the sixth symbol of the Phoenician alphabet and the corresponding symbol of the European alphabet is not striking. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The men of Bethshemesh approached the ark in order to look at it; which liberty was punished yet more severely than the profanation by the Phoenicians had been. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z The Phoenician cities Tyre and Sidon are next, and then mention is made of four Philistine cities. Studies in Zechariah 2011-05-26T02:00:17.670Z It was an ancient Phoenician city and is mentioned in Scripture for the first time in Joshua xix:29, where it is called "The strong city." The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z We may well believe in borrowing from Phoenicians, who in turn may have borrowed from Babylon. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z But whatever be the source of the Phoenician, that of the Persian system current under the Achaemenides is clear enough. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The Chaldee, the Samaritan, the Assyrian, the Phoenician, the Ethiopia are dead and would hardly be known to us except for the remnants of them which we trace through the sacred books of the Scripture. Chapters of Bible Study A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Sacred Scriptures 2011-03-27T02:00:12.580Z Let me see, it was the Phoenicians, was it not, who used to come to our ports for the metal in question. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z She fostered successfully the vile Phoenician idolatry among Israel. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z "It is not science to fill one's head with the follies of Phoenicians and Greeks, but it is science to understand what led Greeks and Phoenicians to imagine these follies." Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Hence although simple compared with its prototype, it is clumsy enough compared with the Phoenician script, several of the letters requiring groups of as many as four or even five "wedges" for their expression. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z He claimed descent from Teucer, half-brother of Ajax, son of Telamon, and his family had long been rulers of Salamis until supplanted by a Phoenician exile. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z It was natural that the Carthaginians, Phoenicians and kindred peoples dispersed about the world should find a common link in their practically identical language and in this literature of hope and courage. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The district was famous in antiquity for its cattle and horses; and its byssus, supposed to have been introduced by the Phoenicians, was inferior only to that of Palestine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Further, Greek misunderstandings of the meanings of Phoenician and other foreign words gave rise to myths. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z There is the familiar circle plain and dotted , the cross in its simplest form +, the pothook and segmented square , all of which recur in the Phoenician, Keltiberian, Etruscan, Libyan or Tuareg systems. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z But beside the Phoenicians the Ionian Greeks from the 9th century had been trading and colonizing in Sicily and Italy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The Phoenicians in some ways are rather unlucky to be remembered as the forgotten civilisation of the ancient world. A week in Lebanon 2011-01-29T11:51:35Z Compared with the world's wine superpowers, Lebanon's wine production is tiny but its history goes back to the Phoenician civilisation in the ancient world. Bacchus to Bekaa 2011-01-12T10:57:38Z But this fairy, or troll, was supposed to date back to the time of the Phoenicians. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z His argument was something like this: In the obscure past there were Phoenicians. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z The museum by the cathedral tracks the remains of Roman, Vandal and Byzantine rulers who followed the Phoenicians, as well as the two centuries of Arab rule that preceded the Catalan arrival in 1235. The Other Ibiza 2010-06-25T01:46:00Z Mr. Jones reserved 20% of the fund's investment gains for himself and his team, invoking the Phoenician sea captains who kept a fifth of the profits from successful voyages. Learning to Love Hedge Funds 2010-06-12T02:25:00Z The Phoenician merchants who sailed the Mediterranean were denounced by Hebrew prophets like Isaiah and Greek intellectuals like Homer. Findings: Doomsayers Beware, a Bright Future Beckons 2010-05-17T22:33:00Z Upon learning that the original Phoenicians had built their trade on a purple dye from shellfish, the choice seemed obvious. 2010-02-01T19:48:00Z Walker declared the remains were Phoenician, and the site that of a crematorium and a pottery. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Nearby is a Phoenician burial ground with tombs dating from the 7th century B.C. The Other Ibiza 2010-06-25T01:46:00Z Mazar, an associate of the right-wing Shalem think tank, claims that workers have uncovered pottery shards from the 11th century B.C. and Phoenician motifs. 2010-01-30T23:35:00Z Such were the Persian wars of Greece, and perhaps one may add Hannibal’s invasion of Italy, if the Carthaginians were Phoenicians transplanted to Africa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Dido or Elissa was a name famous in Phoenician legend, and associated with the ancient renown of Tyre. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil The Antiquary magazine took up the case and cited similar discoveries, undoubtedly Phoenician, in South Devon. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Then the king attempted 663 to subjugate Egypt, but two expeditions were unsuccessful, and, in consequence, Sidon and the other Phoenician towns, and the princes of Cyprus, rebelled against Persia and defeated the Persian generals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" "We know the Phoenicians built a palace for David," she says. 2010-01-30T23:35:00Z Lying as it did in the closest proximity to Phoenicians and Aramaeans, its population must have been exceptionally mixed, and the description of the occupation of Palestine in Judg. i. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The origin of these traditions is believed to be the connexion of Aeneas with the worship of Aphrodite, which was widely spread over the Mediterranean, probably as a survival of early Phoenician settlements. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Warm arguments for and against the Phoenician theory were thrown back and forth. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z The masons, in fact, would seem to have retained the traditional Phoenician custom of the country to employ the largest stones they were able to quarry, transport and raise on the building. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Amber from the Baltic is there, Phoenician glass, and gold-leaf of Oriental workmanship. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Some of them may possibly have been transplanted to Lebanon by the Phoenicians. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide In relation to the achievements of Greece and Rome, the Phoenicians are the most important among pre-classical engineers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The Punic or Phoenician people, as the ruling race in Carthage was called because of their dark skins, came from the East. Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men The function of Aphrodite as the patroness of courtesans represents the most degraded form of her worship as the goddess of love, and is certainly of Phoenician or Eastern origin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" This fact was also known to the Egyptians, the Phoenicians and other nations of Asia and Africa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" But if thou art a Syrian, say "Salam," and if a Phoenician, "Naidios," and if a Greek, "Hail": they are the same. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 The earliest attempts in Europe to solve the problems of water-supply were made by the Greeks, who perhaps derived their ideas from the Phoenicians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" He was so absorbed in his favourite study, that he saw Phoenician and nothing but Phoenician in everything, even in Celtic words, and hence the number of chimerical etymologies which swarm in his works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The worship of Aphrodite at an early date was introduced into Cyprus, Cythera and Crete by Phoenician colonists, whence it spread over the whole of Greece, and as far west as Italy and Sicily. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Why, I think the Hottentots must be the descendants of some of the Egyptians who went on that voyage; for though the ships were navigated by Phoenicians, the crews were in all likelihood Egyptian. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa The only remarkable later development of Palestinian pottery is the Phoenician imitation of Egyptian faience of the Saite period, of which the characteristics are well known. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" In Persia devices of all kinds were adopted according Phoenician. to the nature of the country. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" It is remarkable that this invention, which must have been seen by the Egyptians and Phoenicians in very early times, was not introduced by them into the Mediterranean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" Religion.—The religion of Carthage was that of the Phoenicians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Now, the Phoenicians and Egyptians, who made up the expedition, must have remained several months at each place. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Egyptian objects in faience became a common import into Greek cities, such as those of Rhodes, and to a less degree in Sardinia and southern Italy, through the commercial medium of the Phoenicians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The people of Syria and Palestine are hybrids of Arab, Phoenician and Jewish descent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The sea trade on the Aegean Sea drifted more and more out of the hands of the Phoenicians into those of the Athenians. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State Constitutional History.—The narrative must here be interrupted by an account of the political and religious development of Phoenician Carthage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" We mark the gravestone of a man of Palmyra, an altar of the Tyrian Hercules—its Phoenician Baal—a dedication to a pantheistic goddess of Syrian religion and the raised effigy of the Persian Mithra. The Towns of Roman Britain In Rhodes, small flasks and jars are found ornamented with friezes of men and animals in relief, or imitating in colour and design the glass vessels of the Phoenicians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" It proved to be a tomb, and the remains in it are said to be Phoenician. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" We now understand how the Phoenicians, whose ancestors arrived in the second Semitic migration, came to call their land “Canaan.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The Phoenician colonies founded by Tyre and Sidon in Sicily and Spain, threatened by the Greeks, sought help from Carthage, and from this period dates the Punic2 supremacy in the western Mediterranean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" The Phoenician cosmogony attributed to Sancuniathon has the void, the deep, and the brooding Spirit; and one of the terms employed, "baau," is the same with the Hebrew "bohu," void, if read without the points. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science The range of subjects is much widened, including scenes from Greek mythology and oriental types combining Egyptian and Assyrian motives, which must have been introduced by the Phoenicians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Another expedition against the great oasis failed likewise, and the plan of attacking Carthage was frustrated by the refusal of the Phoenicians to operate against their kindred. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Thus the Phoenicians and the Amorites belong to the first stage of the second great Arabian migration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The exploitation of tin in the south-west is commonly referred back to the time of the Phoenician sea-traders, and in the first half of the 13th century England supplied Europe with this metal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" The Phoenician settlements in the western Mediterranean must have existed as early as the time of Solomon, when "ships of Tarshish" was the general designation of seagoing ships for long voyages. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science It is impossible to say at what period Phoenician traffic by sea with Egypt began, but it existed as early as the IIIrd Dynasty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Apollo and his sister, again, corresponded to the Pelasgian and Achaean divinities of sun and moon, whom the Phoenician Dionysus and Demeter superseded, or with whose worship theirs was blended. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" It was also, as Augustine tells us,1 a usage of the Phoenicians to call their land “Canaan.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" This cruel custom came to the west from the Phoenicians, and was used by Greeks and Romans. The Bible Story When Hannibal essayed to capture the stronghold of Saguntum, a fortified city on the eastern coast of Spain, and probably of Phoenician origin, he found himself confronted by no easy task. Women of the Romance Countries (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 6 (of 10) Here cedars were felled for him by the Syrian princes, and the Phoenicians paid homage before he returned home in triumph. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" In all these examples the size of the stones employed is sometimes enormous, so that the traditional influence of the Phoenician masons seems to have lasted till the 12th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" History.—There is ground for supposing that the Phoenicians were not ignorant of the Canaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The Phoenicians traded in its coasts and islands when Greek civilization was beginning to grow. The Bible Story Here they found a civilization ready to their hands, for in the centre of their new Provincia was the famous port of Massillia--Marseilles--established long before by Greeks and Phoenicians. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) Their weakness was the opportunity of Carthage, which, in the sixth and following centuries, brought under her control the other Phoenician settlements, in addition to founding new colonies of her own. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. It thus appears that a highly developed system of writing existed in Minoan Crete some two thousand years earlier than the first introduction under Phoenician influence of Greek letters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" But this, or a similar cloth of the same name had been used for centuries before this time by the Egyptians and Phoenicians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" While Alexander was engaged in his Phoenician campaign, Darius wrote Alexander a letter offering him not only all lands west of the Euphrates River, but also his own daughter, Statira, as the price of peace. Oriental Women But the wind had borne them out of their way, and they had all landed and slept on shore, here; but the Phoenicians had left him asleep and gone off in the dawn. Tales of Troy and Greece These Libyans were henceforth tributary and under the obligation of rendering military service to the Carthaginians: similar obligations rested upon the dependent Phoenician allies. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. To the Phoenicians, that nation of traders, must be given the credit of the introduction into Britain of the higher products of many of those peoples whose civilizations were of an advanced type. Women of England Equally perplexing is the Egyptian style on the Phoenician statue, ib. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" She is the goddess of love, corresponding to the Canaanite and Phoenician divinities Ashtoreth and Astarte. Oriental Women When he was a little child some Phoenicians came in their ship to his father's house and made friends with his nurse, who was a Phoenician woman. Tales of Troy and Greece Here too the Phoenicians from Carthage had firmly established themselves. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. Its refinements of sensuality and sanctified impurity are referable to contact with Phoenician civilisation. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion Phoenician and Greek.—Phoenician cosmogonies would appear, from the notices which have come down to us,24 to have been composite. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" It is not difficult, therefore, to perceive that women would hold an important place in Babylonian and Assyrian religious life, and in the Phoenician cult. Oriental Women The Phoenicians promised to bring her back to Sidon, and she fled to their ship, carrying with her the child whom she nursed, little Eumaeus; she also stole three cups of gold. Tales of Troy and Greece Objects of Phoenician and Greek manufacture found in these tombs show that the Etruscans traded with Carthage and the Greeks as early as the seventh century. A History of Rome to 565 A. D. The first notable navigators and maritime carriers of goods were the Phoenicians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" CORNUS, an ancient town of Sardinia, of Phoenician origin, on the west coast, 18 m. from Tharros, and the same from Bosa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" Even wives of the Kings of Israel, as a rule, are not called queens, though Jezebel,--the Phoenician wife of Ahab,--king of the Ten Tribes, is a notable exception. Oriental Women He blackened his eyebrows and beard and put on the dress of a Phoenician merchant. Tales of Troy and Greece In this latter respect the Greek colonies resembled those of the Phoenicians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" In such traffic as they had with other nations they were served on their eastern borders by Arabian merchants, and on the west and south by the Phoenician shippers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Satan’s red beard recalls the Scandinavian god Donar or Thor, who is of Phoenician origin. Devil Stories An Anthology Literatures had previously flourished through the use of hieroglyphic and syllabic symbols; and the Babylonian syllabics continued in vogue throughout western Asia for a long time after the Phoenician alphabet had demonstrated its intrinsic superiority. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Now corn, and wine, and oil were sorely needed by the Greeks, who were tired of paying much gold and bronze to the Phoenician merchants for their supplies. Tales of Troy and Greece Fenelon, The Adventures of Telemachus, Book III, where we find stated in a footnote that the description of the Phoenician town, Tyre, actually depicts Amsterdam. Rembrandt's Amsterdam The inter-relations of the Phoenicians with the early Hellenes were frequent and far-reaching, and in the Greek presentation of the legends concerning constellations a distinct Phoenician, and in turn Euphratean, element appears. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" The he-goat was also the sacred beast of Donar or Thor, who was brought to Scandinavia by the Phoenicians. Devil Stories An Anthology A Phoenician dedication to “Baal of Lebanon” found here, and dated also to the 7th century, suggests that Citium may have belonged to Tyre. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" That which was not produced for immediate consumption was sold, if opportunities presented themselves, and occasionally the professional traders developed, for example, the Phoenicians; but they were an exception to the rule. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View One finds blond, blue-eyed Saxon children in East Anglia, and there are black-haired, brown-skinned people in the West Country who have had no foreign admixture to their Phoenician blood since the Norman Conquest. An Ocean Tramp The Phoenician's editorial column is conducted with laudable seriousness, the item of "The Power of Books" being well worthy of perusal. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 About the tenth century before Christ the Phoenicians, Hebrews, and other allied Semitic races began to use the alphabet. History of Human Society Some nation, probably the Phoenicians, gave a new impetus to the art of writing by developing a phonetic alphabet; but this achievement, remarkable as it was in itself, added nothing fundamental to human capacity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" This place having been originally peopled by a colony of Phoenicians, Zeno is sometimes called a Phoenician; but at the period when he flourished, it was chiefly inhabited by Greeks. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." Nobody knows where the flamenco came from, but some say it is as old as the Phoenicians, and some say—even older. Getting to know Spain The Phoenician for Spring is the first number of an enthusiastically conducted semi-professional venture of juvenile nature, whose connexion with the United hinges on the associate editorship of our clever recruit, Mr. James Mather Mosely. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The Greeks learned the alphabet from the Phoenicians, and the Greeks, in turn, passed it to the Romans. History of Human Society Nor was there a ship sailing the seas that a Phoenician trireme might not have overhauled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Phoenician sailors or merchants may have set eyes on these temples, who also saw the Temple of Solomon at its completion. Among the Brigands Phoenicians and Greeks came, and finally all were conquered by Carthaginians. Getting to know Spain It seems as if we should connect this with the pataikoi who were worshipped by Phoenician sailors as dwarf figures, the name being similar. The Religion of Ancient Egypt The Phoenicians Became the Great Navigators.—While the Phoenicians are given credit for establishing the first great sea power, they were not the first navigators. History of Human Society Pales, bring gifts, bring your Phoenician stuffs, and do you, fleet-footed nymphs, bring offerings, Illyrian iris, and a branch of shrub, and frail-headed poppies. Sea Garden The Greek was more settled than the Phoenician, the Roman than the Greek, because one was always the inheritor of the culture of the other. Introduction to the Science of Sociology The Phoenicians, who sailed round Africa in ancient times, noticed that when they started the sun rose on their left-hand side—they were going south. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts This points to a connection of the Phoenician race with the dynastic Egyptians. The Religion of Ancient Egypt The Phoenicians, however, developed a strip of territory along the east shore of the Mediterranean, and built the great cities of Tyre and Sidon. History of Human Society Concerning the education of the Phoenicians, Babylonians, and other oriental nations we know but little. History of Education The prehistoric culture of Europe was not one of Carthaginians or Phoenicians, but was self-developed. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Bola was an Assyrian term for Bael or Bel, the god of the Phoenicians and Druids. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" In the Phoenician alphabet the earliest forms are or more rounded . Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" No doubt, the Phoenicians deserve great credit for advancing shipbuilding, trade, and commerce, and in extending their explorations over a wide range of the known earth. History of Human Society To the Phoenicians the invention of the alphabet, glass making, and purple dyeing is generally credited, and the knowledge of these things was communicated to the Mediterranean nations with whom they engaged in trade. History of Education The Phoenicians have generally been credited with the invention of the forms and relations which we now use. Introduction to the Science of Sociology He is generally considered to have been of Phoenician origin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Here are evidences, then, that the African in his prehistoric days traded with somebody who bartered in beads of Phoenician or Egyptian make. Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study The Phoenicians evidently derived the original characters of their alphabet from a number of sources. History of Human Society The pigments employed have proved as lasting as those in the Egyptian tombs, and the forms are often as graceful as in a majority of the Phoenician vessels found in Cyprus. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 The Phoenicians were the first colonizers and they swept the Mediterranean with a policy of exploitation and slavery which was selfish and sordid. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas In Phoenician mythology, one of the sons of Uranus is named Baetylus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" But if they are a sufficient condition, why did not the Phoenicians outstrip the Greeks in intelligence? The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Later the Phoenicians became the great sea-going people of the world and extended their colonies along the coasts through Greece, Italy, northern Africa, and Spain. History of Human Society Had it served departed Phoenicians as an altar? A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions To the south along the shore were Phoenicians, Greeks, Mayas, Royal Navymen, Submariners, mermaids and Cyclopes. A World Called Crimson There is very little doubt that it was from these islands that the Puni, or Phoenicians, emigrated northwards to the Mediterranean. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" This substantiates the theory that perhaps it did go to the Phoenicians or to a potentate like King Solomon. An African Adventure While the Phoenicians and Etruscans furnished some of the models, they were usually unproductive and barren types, and not to be compared with those furnished by Greece. History of Human Society Perhaps were we to include Roman, Phoenician, and Carthaginian, we might say thousands of ships also. The Boy Slaves Phoenicians battling with the sea brought me From far away; I am the reveller World-wandering! Life Immovable First Part Within these mounds are two-chambered sepulchres, built of huge slabs of limestone, several of which have been opened and examined by Durand, Bent and others, and found to contain relics of undoubted Phoenician design. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Many leading authorities claimed that the South Arabians of the Kingdom of Saba often referred to in the Bible were the pioneers in the Rhodesian gold fields and sold the output to the Phoenicians. An African Adventure The old Phoenician was weak in vowel sounds, but the defect was remedied in the Greek and Roman alphabets and in the alphabets of the Teutonic nations. History of Human Society Just now I, remembering thy age, wished to give thee a Phoenician slave maiden sent me by Tyre with ten talents for dowry. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Many English nautical terms at present in use are clearly of Phoenician origin. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Then abruptly this quaint account of the only Phoenician voyage on record stops. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Others contended that the Phoenicians themselves delved here. An African Adventure Though treaties were made between the Greeks and the Romans in their first international relations, and much earlier between the Hebrews and the Phoenicians, international law is of practically modern origin. History of Human Society Three days ago," interrupted Sarah, "the Phoenician Dagon was here. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Few of those who have witnessed it, probably, have suspected that its origin dates as far back as the times of the Phoenicians. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Old and charming as is the story of the Argonauts, it is made up of travellers' tales, probably told to the Greeks by the Phoenicians of their adventures on unknown seas. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Thither, in the dawn of recorded history, had gone the Phoenician galleys, full of hook-nosed men in purple and brass, their beards scented with spikenard. Sacrifice Far to the northwest were the Armenian group of Semites, and directly east on the shores of the Mediterranean were the Phoenicians. History of Human Society His mother must know of this Phoenician management. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt A story is told of a Phoenician vessel running herself on the rocks to prevent the Romans from finding the passage. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 About this time comes a story—it may be fact or it may be fiction—that the Phoenicians had sailed right round Africa. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole It was the genius of the ancient Phoenicians, the spirit of Astoreth, surviving distorted through all these ages in the depths of the jungle, exerting its spell. Sacrifice Also, the contact of the Hebrews and Phoenicians with Egypt gave a strong coloring to their civilization. History of Human Society The terrified Phoenician slipped suddenly from the chair to the floor. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt There can be no doubt that it is derived from those maritime people of old, the Phoenicians. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 The Phoenicians, with their headquarters at Carthage, had complete command of the mineral trade of Spain—the Mexico of the ancient world. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole They worshipped among other things—perhaps in consequence of the old Phoenician occupation—the moon. Sacrifice Her trousers of byssus, which the Phoenicians called syndon were confined at the ankles by anklets adorned with gold and silver bells, and completed this toilet so fantastically rich and wholly opposed to Greek taste. King Candaules He felt ashamed in presence of the Phoenician from whom he had taken money and might require money yet more than one time. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt A Phoenician vessel was able to afford accommodation to 500 emigrants, with provisions for a long voyage, besides her crew, while her masts were formed of the cedars of Lebanon. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Now in Syria—the highway between Babylonia and Egypt—dwelt a tribe of dusky people known as Phoenicians. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole This observation applies particularly to the Assyrians, Babylonians, and their dependencies, together with the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Egyptians, and Greeks. Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc It is unnecessary to say that the reasoning which supports this theory is very ingenious, and later opinions do not allow that the Phoenicians ever traded directly with Britain at all. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts The prince understood what the Phoenician wanted; so, without touching the golden gift, he said with a stern expression, "Dost Thou see, Dagon, that purple reflection inside the goblet?" The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt I have already described the compass used by the Phoenicians, and how, long after Islamism had gained the ascendency, it was possessed by their descendants. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 In the year 401 B.C. one Artaxerxes sat on the throne of Persia, the mighty Empire which extended eastwards beyond the knowledge of Greeks or Phoenicians, even to the unknown regions of the Indus. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole It was one of the earliest homes of Greek art, and its position made it so favourable for commerce that it attracted a colony of Phoenician traders at a very remote period. The Books of the New Testament Now Dido the Phoenician holds him stayed with soft words, and I tremble to think how the welcome of Juno's house may issue; she will not be idle in this supreme turn of fortune. The Aeneid of Virgil We Phoenicians and ye Jews are brethren and neighbors. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt A crude anticipation of the volute is found in Phoenician work, and it also appears on a Hittite relief at Boghaz Keui in the middle of Asia Minor. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield All the world knew of the Phoenician seaports, Tyre and Sidon. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The patron deity of the Corinthians was Aphrodite, who was no other than the foul Phoenician Astarte. The Books of the New Testament Above all the hapless Phoenician, victim to coming doom, cannot satiate her soul, but, stirred alike by the boy and the gifts, she gazes and takes fire. The Aeneid of Virgil "I will go this moment to Dagon, the Phoenician banker, and in the evening Thou wilt find peace, though he may not have given thee money." The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Rudimentary anticipations of the Ionic volute are found in Phoenician capitals, vague reminiscences of what the traders had seen in Egypt and elsewhere. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield There is an old story which says that one day the Greeks captured a Phoenician ship and copied it. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole It owed its foundations to Egypt or to the Semitic peoples, such as the Phoenicians, the Tyrians, and the Carthaginians, whose race-home was Asia Minor. Bulgaria At once he does his bidding; at once, for a god willed it, the Phoenicians allay their haughty temper; the queen above all takes to herself grace and compassion towards the Teucrians. The Aeneid of Virgil Most worthy prince," cried the Phoenician, "slay me, cut off my hand if I counterfeit gold, but say not that a Jew can be a merchant. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt It is doubtful if the Phoenicians possessed any aptitude for the arts. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The Phoenicians had ventured far with intrepid courage. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The fact that similar beads were sometimes found in tombs in North Africa and in the graves and tombs of ancient Egypt and India led some to suppose them of probable Phoenician origin. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 Her husband was Sychaeus, wealthiest in lands of the Phoenicians, and loved of her with ill-fated passion; to whom with virgin rites her father had given her maidenhood in wedlock. The Aeneid of Virgil Before sunset Dagon, a Phoenician, the most noted banker in Memphis, came to the house of Ramses. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt But beyond giving it a name, they don't seem to have concerned themselves with it; nor do the Phoenicians or Carthaginians, though all of them had cities out in the low country. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) The Phoenician purposely ran his ship on to a shoal in order to keep the secret of the discovery. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Such a theory implies the existence of a rather extensive trade between the ancient Phoenicians and the ancient Africans of the West Coast. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 If thy Phoenician eyes are stayed on Carthage towers and thy Libyan city, what wrong is it, I pray, that we Trojans find our rest on Ausonian land? The Aeneid of Virgil Ramses neither drank, played, nor talked with women; he walked along one side of the terrace awaiting the Phoenician impatiently. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt A tunic of purple cotton, brought by Phoenician ships from the far East, covered him as far down as the knees, which were bare, while his lower limbs were swathed in strips of scarlet cloth. The Hot Swamp The ships first touched at Cadiz, the "Tyre of the West," a famous port in those days, where Phoenician merchants lived, "careless and secure" and rich. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole In times so remote that historical light is dim, the Phoenicians came in their galleys to trade with the men of Cornwall for tin. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories Among the Phoenicians, the Egyptians, and Hebrews, we find the earliest traces of navigation and commerce. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships But I say that Thou must give great security, and the Phoenicians, when once thy creditors, will not let thee go. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt It will be seen from this speech that the Phoenician captain included the southern shore of England in his idea of the Cassiterides. The Hot Swamp Indeed, it is highly probable that from the Phoenicians they got material for their famous legend of the Argonauts and their adventures in the Black Sea. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Then the Phoenicians landed, and began to build towns, of which Carthage, founded B.C. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale A short time previous to this the Phoenicians ventured to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar, and for the first time beheld the great Atlantic Ocean. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships "Do, then, as Thou art able, but remember that the Phoenicians in our state are like rats in a granary; when one pushes in through a crevice, others follow." The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt From its Asiatic home it spread first with Phoenician commerce to western Europe, whence by later voyageurs it has been carried throughout the civilized world. Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses And again we must remind ourselves that both the Phoenicians and early Greeks had, like the Egyptians and Babylonians, childish ideas as to the form of the earth. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole It is certainly as old as the Roman occupation, and I should not be surprised if it proved to be as early as the time when the Phoenicians traded here for tin.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea Bartholomew Diaz must hide his diminished head before this fact; for, although he gets all the credit, the Phoenicians of old “doubled the Cape” at least twenty centuries before him! Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Listen therefore to what the Phoenicians, the Hebrews, the Hittites, and the Egyptians think of the Assyrians, and weigh in thy own heart with care all that agrees in their judgments concerning Assyria. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt At Damascus he captured all the Persian war funds, and afterwards took the famous commercial towns of the Phoenicians, Tyre and Sidon. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People With an idea of colonising, he left Carthage—the most famous of the Phoenician colonies—with sixty ships containing an enormous number of men and women. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole I am quite ready to believe that it was left us by the ancient Britons who supplied the Phoenicians.” Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea The city was Greek, but with a large Phoenician admixture. A Short History of Greek Philosophy "Well, what am I to think of the Phoenicians?" The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt "What meaneth it?" the Phoenician asked, backing out of the hole. The Coming of the King Further knowledge of the world was now supplied by the Greeks, who were rapidly asserting themselves and settling round the coast of the Mediterranean as the Phoenicians had done before them. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole In unduly estimating the value of the material in hand, we find here and there more influence attributed to the Phoenicians, than we should be inclined to allow. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 The tradition, once derided, that the Iberian Jews were a Phoenician colony has been favoured by the researches of modern antiquaries, who have traced the Hebrew language in the ancient names of the localities. Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography Hence to congratulate him came the high priests of temples, ministers, ambassadors, Phoenician, Greek, Hebrew, Assyrian, Nubian, men whose dresses even he could not remember. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt |
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