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Apr 28, 2016 · The Phoenicians were famed in antiquity for their ship-building skills, and they were credited with inventing the keel, the battering ram on the bow, and caulking between planks.
- Mark Cartwright
Sep 29, 2017 · The ancients called Polaris the "Phoenician Star" because the civilization's sailors had used it to determine their location and direction at night and in open waters, allowing for long-distance navigation.
Apr 21, 2016 · Phoenician art spread to its colonies throughout the Mediterranean from the 8th century BCE and none more so than at the most successful Phoenician off-shoot: Carthage. Artists there were strongly influenced by and perpetuated Phoenician styles and subject matter up to the 2nd century BCE.
- Mark Cartwright
The name Phoenician, used to describe these people in the first millennium B.C., is a Greek invention, from the word phoinix, possibly signifying the color purple-red and perhaps an allusion to their production of a highly prized purple dye.
Phoenician goods have been found from Spain and Morocco to Russia and Iraq; much of what is known about Phoenician art is based on excavations outside Phoenicia proper. Phoenician art was highly influenced by many cultures, primarily Egypt, Greece, and Assyria.
Phoenician seafarer usually hugged the coast and set up their colonies and camps on easily defended islands or peninsulas. They determined their direction by looking at the sun and the stars. For many years the North Star was known as the Phoenician Star. The Phoenician sailed mostly during the day and only in good weather between March and ...
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The Phoenicians were the direct descendents of the Canaanites of the south Syrian and Lebanese coast who, at the end of the second millennium BC, became isolated by population and political changes in the regions surrounding them. The name derives from the Greek, Phoinikes, referring to the purple coloured dye which the Phoenicians extracted ...
