Punic people
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The Punic people, usually known as the Carthaginians, were a Semitic people who migrated from Phoenicia to the western Mediterranean during the Early Iron Age. In modern scholarship, the term Punic, t
Phoenician grinning mask from Sardinia
Punic praying statuette, c. 3rd century BC
The Punic Building in Żurrieq, Malta, a modern structure incorporating Punic ruins
Model of the Punic military port, Carthage
Carthage
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Carthage was an ancient city in northern Africa founded by the legendary Phoenician queen Dido on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important t
Punic people
…century BC, documented in written references in both east and west, which culminated in the foundation of colonies in northwest Africa (the cities Auza, Carthage) and on the southern coast of Cyprus (Kition) and formed part of trading networks linked to Tyre, Arvad, Byblos, Berytus, Ekron, and Sidon in the…
Modern reconstruction of Punic Carthage. The Cothon port at the front houses the circular military port of Carthage, where all of Carthage's warships (Biremes) were anchored.
Punic ruins in Byrsa
Archaeological Site of Carthage
Archaeological Site of Carthage