Was the Phoenician writing system a true alphabet? If not, what should it be called instead, and what was the earliest true alphabet?

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the first alphabet (from which many present-day writing systems derive ... the ...

We find surprisingly little direct genetic contribution from levantine phoenicians to western and central mediterranean punic ...

Ancient DNA analysis challenges our understanding of the ancient Phoenician-Punic civilization. An international team of ...

It was previously believed that the Levantine DNA of the Phoenicians spread as far as their famous alphabet, which influenced ...

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

People from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture shared no ancestry with ancient Middle Easterners. Plus, Mendel’s last pea-plant mysteries have finally been solved and an origami ...

Ancient DNA analysis challenges ... the first alphabet (from which many present-day writing systems derive). By the early first millennium BCE, Phoenician cities had established a vast maritime ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the first alphabet (from which many present-day writing systems derive).

From Vikings to Beethoven: what your DNA says about your ancient relatives Phoenician city-states shared languages — recorded with an alphabet that was a precursor to Greek and Latin letters ...