Phoenician Fixation; A Venetian Exhibit Provides A Global Glimpse Into The Ancient Civilization From: The Washington Post | Date: July 31, 1988| Author: Sari Gilbert | Copyright 1988 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Remember the Phoenicians? In junior high, I think it was, they were mentioned in my ancient civilization textbook as unparalleled navigators of the Mediterranean, inventors of the alphabet and creators of the purple dye that Roman senators later used for the stripe on their togas that denoted their rank. There was a glimpse of them when we got to Virgil, and later they showed up in Roman history, in Hannibal's brilliant military invasion of Italy during the second Punic War, and in Rome's in...

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