lol this has reminded me of how Nassim Taleb got obsessed with declaring certain peoples Phoenicians and I feel like there is roughly equal evidence that Columbus was a crypto-Phoenician

Phoenicians would rather be on one than go to therapy

I gotta commend the effort that some people put to keep using Promises syntax in the 21 century, just like Phoenicians used to do on their hieroglyphs.

Did you know? 🏛️ Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world, with roots dating back to the Phoenicians around 1200 BC, making it a few centuries older than Rome! #History#Lisbon#AncientCities

His righteous altar, bowing lowly down To bestial gods; for which their heads as low Bowed down in battle, sunk before the spear Of despicable foes. With these in troop Came Astoreth, whom the Phoenicians called I, 434-438

nope, it's actually where Sicilian Romans and ancient Phoenicians used to get their honey and bury their honoured dead

The Phoenicians had a lot of shells and dye to sell

Forty years ago today. The Phoenicians and their reputed journey to Cornwall was a favourite topic of our History teacher Mrs Ansbro, and she would also pronouce the name "Eratosthenes" with a particularly theatrical flourish.

Ok, perhaps a better measure of distance is 'settledness' and patterns of life. Sure, Phoenicians spoke a very different language, but they were farmers and city folk, like the Romans, right? To be fair, those Germanic-language speakers? Also farmers. But still no dice. 17/

Alternately, we might turn to North Africa. By the time the Romans set down a permanent hold there (146 BC) the population is a mix of Phoenicians and indigenous peoples. The Phoenicians spoke a Semitic language (Punic), while many others spoke early Berber languages. 13/