Phoenician Trade Associations in Ancient Greece
August 2024 | Vol. 12.8 By Denise Demetriou The Phoenicians — famed seafarers, traders, and master craftsmen of the ancient Mediterranean — crisscrossed the sea connecting a va
Maritime Viewscapes and the Material Religion of Levantine Seafarers
September 2023 | Vol. 11.9 By Aaron Brody For ancient peoples, travel was profoundly liminal. Voyaging at sea was doubly liminal, leaving the safety of land and existing in a state
The Shavei Zion Figurine Assemblage. A Cultic Site at Sea
An underwater discovery off the coast of Israel revealed terracotta figurines. But there was no shipwreck and the finds dated across hundreds of years of the Iron Age. Was this an
Making, Trading, and Consuming Phoenician Wine
Phoenicia was an ancient and acclaimed wine making region. New studies are showing how Phoenician wine was made at home and influenced viticulture around the Mediterranean.
Eggstraordinary Objects
February 2021 | Vol. 9.2 By Tamar Hodos In the interconnected world of the ancient Greeks, Phoenicians, Assyrians, and Egyptians, ostrich eggs were coveted by elites across the Med