Phoenician world

Connected Sites: 13

Sites that were part of the Phoenician cultural empire or trading world.

Connected Sites

Carthage

Tunisia

Inscribed: 1979

3.14

171

6

Founded by the Phoenicians
Tyre

Lebanon

Inscribed: 1984

2.78

74

5

Phoenician city-state
Leptis Magna

Libya

Inscribed: 1982

3.91

31

2

Founded by Phoenician colonists ca. 1100 BC
Medina of Sousse

Tunisia

Inscribed: 1988

2.84

154

5

Founded by the Phoenicians
Delos

Greece

Inscribed: 1990

3.44

107

4

"The House of the Dolphins is similarly named from its atrium mosaic, where erotes ride dolphins; its Phoenician owner commissioned a floor mosaic of Tanit in his vestibule." (wiki)
Sabratha

Libya

Inscribed: 1982

3.43

29

3

Founded as a Phoenician trading-post ca. 500 BC
Ibiza

Spain

Inscribed: 1999

2.77

127

5

Port founded by Phoenician settlers in 654 BC
Crac des Chevaliers

Syria

Inscribed: 2006

3.75

66

4

Qal'at Salah El-Din
Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin

Israel

Inscribed: 2014

3.25

60

9

Phoenician presence (AB ev)
Byblos

Lebanon

Inscribed: 1984

3.16

93

4

Phoenician city-state
Kerkuane

Tunisia

Inscribed: 1985

2.84

70

4

Important Phoenician city-state
Kasbah of Algiers

Algeria

Inscribed: 1992

2.52

56

4

Phoenician commercial outpost
Tipasa

Algeria

Inscribed: 1982

2.88

48

3

Founded by the Phoenicians