A new DNA study reveals that ancient Carthaginians had diverse ancestry and were not primarily descended from Phoenician ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

The Sea Peoples are one of history’s greatest mysteries. Were they marauders, refugees, or both? Dive into their attacks on ...

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