DNA reveals that the people of Carthage, a powerful independent colony founded by the Phoenicians, had little genetic ...

the mighty empire of Carthage first began as a humble Phoenician outpost. The Phoenicians were the consummate sailors of the ancient Mediterranean, a Semitic people from the Levant, whose main ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived ... The Carthaginians, also known as the Punic people, established an empire that eventually extended across northeastern Africa ...

The new ancient DNA study sequenced human ... Over time, North African ancestry entered the mix among Punic people, reflecting the rise of Carthage after 500 BCE. "The absence of Middle Eastern ...

By the sixth century BCE, Carthage, a Phoenician coastal ... The new study aimed to use ancient DNA to characterize Punic people's ancestry and look for genetic links between them and Levantine ...

The ancient people of Carthage, located in modern Tunisia, did not have ancestry in common with the Levantine Phoenicians that established their culture, according to a new study. J. M. W.

Punic people shared an ancestry profile resembling those of ancient inhabitants of Greece and Sicily. Over time, North African ancestry entered the mix — reflecting the rise of Carthage after ...