How Hannibal's Carthage spread Phoenician culture without leaving a genetic trace
We find surprisingly little direct genetic contribution from levantine phoenicians to western and central mediterranean punic populations, says lead author Harald Ringbauer.
Punic Necropolis of Puig des Molins on the island of Ibiza. The new ancient DNA study sequenced human remains from this and other important Phoenician-Punic archaeological sites.(photo credit: Raymar, MAEF)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF