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Carthaginians were known as “Punic people” to the Romans, and the two civilizations clashed in the Punic Wars —during which the Carthaginian general Hannibal famously crossed the Alps.

A new study reveals that the Carthaginians, famed for their Mediterranean empire and wars with Rome, had little genetic connection to their Phoenician founders from the Levant. Instead, their ancestry ...

For centuries, the expansion of the Phoenician-Punic civilization across the Mediterranean was attributed to massive migrations. However, a recently published genetic study reveals that their success ...

The Carthaginians, also known as the Punic people, established an empire that eventually extended across northeastern Africa and into the south of modern-day Spain.

For years, historians believed that the ancient Carthaginians were largely of Phoenician origin, having descended from settlers who migrated from the Levant. However, new genetic research challenges ...

A new DNA study into Phoenician and Punic civilisations has revealed a surprising twist – that most Carthaginians (Puinic people) were not actually from the Levant and instead shared genetic ...

But the Greek influence is surprising. Greeks and Carthaginians were rivals—and, indeed, clashed frequently in warfare during their respective attempts to colonise Sicily.

Esteemed ethicist and theologian Nigel Biggar, regius professor emeritus of moral and pastoral theology at the University of Oxford, says he’s “ashamed to be an alumnus” of Regent College ...

Third Punic War 149-146 BCE (4 Years) (The name Punic derives from the Romans’ word for the Carthaginians, Punicus or Poenicus, which refers to Carthage’s origin as a Phoenician colony.) ...