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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
- Elizabeth Yetter
- Named by the Greeks. One of the most fascinating facts about the Phoenicians is that we do not know with certainty what they called themselves as a group.
- Phoenicians in the Americas. There are a growing number of historians who believe that the Phoenicians may have sailed across the seas and landed in the Americas.
- Unrivaled at Sea. Much of what was written about Phoenicians points to them as being excellent merchants and seafarers. They traveled great distances to trade for raw materials, such as tin, to bring home and make into objects for trade in their local region.
- Masters of the Slave Trade. Ancient Rome might best be known for its use of slaves, but the Phoenicians were the true masters in the slave trade. First, the Phoenicians were highly skilled kidnappers.
Phoenician artisans were skilled in wood, ivory, and metalworking, as well as textile production. In the Old Testament (2 Chronicles), the master craftsman Hiram of Tyre was commissioned to build and embellish the temple of Solomon in Jerusalem.
Apr 21, 2016 · On a more modest scale, Phoenician artists made highly crafted bowls made from bronze, silver, and gold. Produced during the 8th and 7th century BCE, surviving examples have been found as far afield as Nimrud, Delphi , and Salerno in Italy.
- Mark Cartwright
Some archeologist believe a rock painting dated to the 2nd millennium B.C., of stick figures surrounding a ship is of Phoenicians. In the 5th century B.C. boat launched from Carthage traveled beyond Gibraltar.
Aug 12, 2019 · Rooted in Late Bronze Age Levantine traditions, Phoenician art emerges in the early first millennium bce, spiced with new elements adopted and ad.
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Mar 15, 2018 · Polaris as the North Star is a discovery of the Phoenicians. The word Phoenician, actually is Greek for dealers in purple, based on the color of the dye that several Phoenician kingdoms, notably the kingdom of Tyre (in modern Lebanon), extracted from a type of shell fish known as Murex brandaris.
