[afraidfortherepublic]

I don't know if this article has the same content as two similar articles that have already been posted here, but the title is different. Interesting, nonetheless!

[afraidfortherepublic]

Ping. This article was sent to me by a priest from Malta.

[nuconvert]

pong

[A. Pole]

Phoenicians are closest relatives of Jews. From what I hear Hebrew and Phoenician languages/alphabets are very similar.

[Kevin OMalley]

read later bump

[Spirited]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435894/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks afraidfortherepublic.

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[Graymatter]

Not too long ago I was reading that there was NO Phoenician-Maltese genetic link. It was probably Natl Geographic.

[wildbill]

Its not surprising that the Sea Peoples left little genetic traces inland in the Levant. The guy looking at a tooth in a mountain cave would not be likely to find traces of the Sea Peoples.

My guess is they populated only those cities which had excellent seaports. Think of the foreign enclaves in China in the 19th century. Although the enclaves tended to be largely European, the merchants and seamen certainly had some sexual interaction with the native Chinese, but genetically it would be a drop in the bucket compared to the general population.

[Dustbunny]

Ping this for later reading. Very interesting. I am RH negative but was given a shot after my first child was born which made me not a threat to my next child.

[Plutarch]

Herodotus's account refers to a faint memory from 1000 years earlier, and so may be subject to question (History, I:1):

"According to the Persians best informed in history, the Phoenicians began to quarrel. This people, who had formerly reached the shores of the Erythraean Sea, having migrated to the Mediterranean from an unknown origin and settled in the parts which they now inhabit, began at once, they say, to adventure on long voyages, freighting their vessels with the wares of Egypt and Assyria..."

[NYer]

Phoenician ping!

[SunkenCiv]

"Sea Peoples" ping.

[Alexander Rubin]

Neato.