Ancient Phoenicia

Everything about the Phoenicians, a thalassocratic Canaanite people from modern-day Lebanon famous for colonizing the Mediterranean and spreading the alphabet.

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This phrase has been attributed to Hannibal; when his generals told him it was impossible to cross the Alps with elephants, this was his response.

Posted 16th Feb 2020u/PrimeCedars

Finally going on a trip to Lebanon! Looking for tips and pointers on spots related to Phoenician history!

Posted 2nd May 2026u/RoseWater_Harris

Phonecian Language Letter Opener?

Posted 1st May 2026u/Superb-Falafel-2249

Phoenician Trade and Civilization

Posted 19th Apr 2026u/PrimeCedars

Young Hannibal takes an oath of eternal enmity to Rome. Artist: Sandra Delgado

Posted 14th Apr 2026u/arcimboldo_25

The Catastrophe at Cannae – Diorama from the Second Punic War

Posted 12th Apr 2026u/AtticaMiniatures

You don't hear much about Egypt these days...

Posted 7th Apr 2026u/archaeo_rex

Extinct Languages of Mediterranean

Posted 6th Apr 2026u/launumor

On the subject of child sacrifice in Phoenicia and Carthage. Part 3 and Conclusion

Posted 28th Mar 2026u/arcimboldo_25

Artwork and drawing inspired by Punic gods.

Posted 28th Jan 2026u/PBdL

Was Tanit Levantine? A Critical Look at the Archaeological and Chronological Evidence

Posted 27th Jan 2026u/sauronthesecand

Neo-Punic funeral obelisk. Bani Walid -Wadi Nafad, Libya, 200-400 CE.

Posted 24th Jan 2026u/New_Theory11

On the subject of child sacrifice in Phoenicia and Carthage. Part 2

Posted 5th Jan 2026u/arcimboldo_25

The Phoenicians got the Portuguese beat by two millenia

Posted 28th Dec 2025u/No_View3587

On the subject of child sacrifice in Phoenicia and Carthage. Part 1

Posted 27th Dec 2025u/arcimboldo_25

🚨 Public announcement: Sydney Sweeney is no longer welcome in our subreddit

Posted 26th Dec 2025u/arcimboldo_25

Carthage at the end of the archaic period

Posted 14th Dec 2025u/jtakemann

Designs of Milqart and Eshmun for my Doujin

Posted 15th Dec 2025u/Milluqart

A 2,000 year old Phoenician scaphe sundial discovered in Umm al-Amad, Lebanon dedicated to "To Lord Milkashtart, god of Hammon." It told time by using the position of the Sun’s shadow inside a hollow, bowl-shaped cavity whose curved surface is marked with hour lines.

Posted 12th Nov 2025u/PrimeCedars

After Zama, what exactly were the Roman terms imposed on Carthage?

Posted 8th Nov 2025u/LovePepsi_

marble mask discovered in thofah temple

Posted 5th Nov 2025u/Fit_Source_6843

Fabius Maximus declaring war on Carthage

Posted 14th Oct 2025u/arcimboldo_25

How a late antiquity translation of ancient Phoenician lore possibly alluded to Hermeticism

Posted 10th Oct 2025u/ShelterCorrect

Russia did claim to be the Third Rome

Posted 9th Oct 2025u/arcimboldo_25

Carthage remained linguistically and culturally Phoenician — and in some ways even more conservative than Tyre, preserving practices Tyre had long abandoned such as child sacrifice.

Posted 8th Oct 2025u/PrimeCedars

What have been the consequences of the victory of Carthage and the etruscans in the battle of Alalia against Massalia and Phocea ? Does the greek could have won ?

Posted 4th Oct 2025u/Emolohtrab

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