[Destro]

Secondly, the word Phoenician is Greek.

Lots of words like Egypt and Pyramids are not native to that culture but the Greek name or nickname for them. For example pyramid was the name of a Greek sweet cake of the same shape. The ancient Egyptians never called those constructions pyramids.

[Destro]

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[John Locke]

The ancient Egyptians never called those constructions pyramids.

The Egyptian word for pyramid was pimar, from which the Greek is most probably derived.

[gcruse]

‘I’m not Arab, I’m Phoenician’

I'm not Arab,
I'm Phoenician,
Arab left you, long ago.

I'm not Arab,
I'm a Persian,
That's Iranian, don't you know?

[rmlew]

The word "Phoenician" is a Hellenization of the tribal name. Canaanite/Northwester Semitic languages did not use vowels, only consonents. The Phoenecians were reffered to with the Phoenecian/Ancient Hebrew letter "Pay, Nun, Kapf". In english these would be "PNC"
The Israelites, Greeks, and Romans all reffer to them with words using these consonents.
The Syriac and Chaldean Christians of Lebanaon are of Phoenecian descent. http://phoenicia.org/index.shtml
They are not Arabs. The author is a Pan-Arab propogandist.

[SunkenCiv]

The October National Geographic has a good-sized article about trying to trace the genes of the ancient Phoenicians.

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[SunkenCiv]

Here's a newer one, just started.

Phoenicians: Ancient Mariners
National Geographic ^ | October 2004 | Rick Gore
Posted on 10/12/2004 10:45:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1243460/posts

[curmudgeonII]

For that reason it’s important to have a closer look at the statement, “I’m Phoenician,” for it triggers several problems. First of all, it somehow implies the existence of a nation-state called Phoenicia. Fact is, however, that there never was such a thing. The Phoenicians lived in a loosely connected network of city states, which often ­ but not always ­ cooperated and which at times were autonomous, but more often paid tribute to the dominant empires in Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Using this argument you wouldn't be able to call the Athenians and Spartans of classical times Greek for the same reasons.

[SunkenCiv]

Was Hannibal Black?
RichardPoe.com | August 23, 2002 | Richard Poe
Posted on 08/24/2002 12:50:03 PM PDT by Richard Poe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/738715/posts

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/738715/posts
http://web.archive.org/web/20021021115118/http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/738715/posts
http://web.archive.org/web/20021220140802/http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/738715/posts
http://web.archive.org/web/20030304140118/http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/738715/posts
http://web.archive.org/web/20040630043504/http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/738715/posts

http://www.newsmax.com/commentarchive.shtml?a=2002/8/24/134540

http://www.richardpoe.com/column.cgi?story=112