The Phoenician World: Explore Sites, Trade and Daily Life
Explore the Phoenician world through coastal cities, harbours, sanctuaries and burial places. The site collection extends from the Levant and Cyprus to the western Mediterranean, including Punic settlements with houses, cisterns, ship sheds and temple precincts.
Alongside the map, read about life in Phoenician city-states, maritime trade, western settlement and religious practices. These articles cover households, craft production, seafaring and the connections between communities across the Mediterranean.
Explore Phoenician sites
Explore Phoenician and Carthaginian sites through harbours, sanctuaries, fortified settlements, tombs and Punic houses across the Mediterranean world.
Daily life
Discover how Phoenician households supported daily life and how work, resources and local customs shaped people's experiences around the Mediterranean.
- Phoenician Crime and Personal Safety
- Phoenician Everyday Worship and Festivals
- Phoenician Families, Gender and Dependency
- Phoenician Food and Meals
- Phoenician Homes and Living Conditions
- Phoenician Travel and Practical Journeys
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History and society
Understanding the Phoenicians: Maritime Traders and City-States of the Ancient Mediterranean
Discover how Phoenician coastal cities governed themselves, built Mediterranean connections and adapted as larger empires extended their control.
- Ancient Phoenician Economy
- Phoenician City-States and Government: Kings, Temples, and Civic Authority
- Phoenician Colonization and Western Expansion
- Phoenician Culture and Arts: Material, Visual, and Written Traditions
- Phoenician Defence and Warfare
- Phoenician Geography and Settlement in the Eastern Mediterranean