Phoenician: Quick Facts

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Byblos: Phoenician and Roman ruins

Phoenician necklace

Basalt relief stele of King Kilamuwa from Sam'al, Turkey, showing a robed figure beside lines of Phoenician script and an ornate symbol above the text.

The rise and fall of the Phoenician civilization

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Three flint axes from the stone age. (prehistoric, tools, early humans, culture, archaeology, implements)

Ancient Civilizations