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A genetic study on skeletal remains discovered in Cádiz, Spain, confirms their Phoenician ancestry

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:07:11 -0400

Experts in genetics at the University Complutense of Madrid, analyzed the mitochondrial DNA of the remains of two individuals located during the archaeological excavation at the Comedy Theater in Cádiz. They have found that both skeletal remains are from Phoenicia. One of the remains was found to be of mixed blood with the indigenous people while the other is of pure Phoenician descent. The result of the interaction of these populations, demonstrated the maternal or paternal ancestry of individuals studied vis-à-vis Phoenicia proper.

Cadmus Slays The Serpent and Discovery Of Brazil By Cadmus -- Part I

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:09:41 -0400

In September 1969, an extensive article published in the Rio de Janeiro newspaper O Globo, revived a dormant topic in Brazil: the prehistoric visit of Phoenician navigators to the Brazilian coast.1 The story quoted Professor Cyrus Gordon, of Massachusetts’ Bran de is University, who believed in the possibility of these voyages. He visited Rio de Janeiro, interested in the Phoenician inscriptions which had been found in Brazil. Professor Gordon, a recognized Orientalist, had made important contributions to the study of the texts discovered in the royal library of Ugarit. These texts, inscribed on clay tablets, lay buried for more than 3,000 years, until their discovery by Claude Schaeffer, in 1929, at Ras Shamra, on the Syrian coast.

Rediscovering Ancient Phoenicia: The Truth Behind Phoenician Identity in the Mediterranean

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:15:00 -0400

Ancient Phoenicia was once a rich, blossoming civilization that consisted of several cities founded along the Levantine coast, where lie modern-day Lebanon, Israel, and western Syria. Newer Phoenician cities were eventually established throughout the Mediterranean around the 8th century BC, from the islands of Cyprus, Malta, Sicily and Sardinia, to Gibraltar in the south of Spain, southern Italy, Tunisia in northern Africa, and even as far west as Cádiz – a city on the Atlantic coast of Spain. Unfortunately but true, history is often told from the biased perspective of those who are victorious, as opposed to those who are defeated. In this specific case, the fall of the great Phoenician civilization gave rise to Greece, and in turn, to ancient Rome. As such, much of what is known today about the Phoenicians and their culture has either been written by the Greeks or Romans, or has simply been lost to time. In addition, many great Phoenician cities and ports throughout the Mediterranean lie masked beneath the remains of later Roman cities, or worse, beneath large modern-day cities, as is the case in Cagliari, Sardinia.

Could Chavín’s Labyrinth be the Remains of the Resounding Palace of Hades and Persephone?

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:13:16 -0400

Unlike the path followed by Schliemann and later by Mertz and Pellech, whom from the heroic epic poems were in search of the facts and geographical locations which would have led to these stories, I, however, followed the opposite path. From the palpable reality – the archaeological site of Chavín – an enigma since its discovery – I went to look for in Greek-Roman mythology, in search for an answer. This paper, excerpted from my book “Journey to the Mythological Inferno”, discusses the first part of the archaeological, geographical and documentary evidences, which favors the possibility that the mysterious remains of Chavín de Huantar, in the Peruvian Andes, are referred to in Hesiod’s Theogony, a Greek treatise of the gods, written in the eighth century BC.

Journey to the Mythological Inferno and Chavín's Labyrinth and the Palace of Hades and Persephone

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:11:19 -0400

Journey to the Mythological Inferno is a Historical Non-Fiction Winners book. The author, Dr. Enrico Mattievich, is a retired professor of Physics who taught at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) for more than thirty years. In the book, Dr. Mattievich exposes his thesis about ancient contacts between Old World and America, based on Greek and Roman classical texts, leading to new ideas about America that many historians and geographers are reluctant to considered until now.

Assafir Newspaper's Mazen Assayyed defames Salim Khalaf, Phoenicia.org and Fouad Abi-Isbir

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:39:16 -0400

SHAME ON YOU, ASSAFIR NEWSPAPER & Mazen Assayed for your lies, defamation and demagogic article about Salim Khalaf, Phoenicia.org and Fouad Abi-Isbir. You are a liar and a coward for not publishing the truth but cheap tabloid sectarian diatribe. Legal measures will be taken against the paper and the writer for this shameful article.

Obliterating the Archaeological History of the Phoenician Port of Beirut

Thu, 12 May 2011 23:37:18 -0400

Venus real estate company is striving to build in Beirut a super construction and in the process destroying the ancient Phoenician Port of Beirut that was discovered in the port area of the fort (Mina El-Hosn). The company did not hesitate, in non-media events, to present conflicting “scientific” fallacies and to use “archaeologists” to reach its goal.

The discovery of the raampa pictographic writing in the Senegambia, West Africa, and its relationship with the Phoenician script.

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:17:37 -0500

The discovery of a previously unknown writing and communication tradition in West Africa began with a recommendation in a book written by the Malian writer and ethnologist, Amadou Hampâté Bâ (d. 1991). The book is Koumen: Texte initiatique des Pasteurs Peul (Bâ 1961).

Phoenicia Prima Welcomes the Return of Africa's Circumnavigators

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:01:13 -0400

The major cities of Phoenicia Prima are preparing to celebrate the return of the ship Phoenicia after completing the circumnavigation of Africa 2600 years after the original Phoenicians. The cities of Tyre, Sidon, Beirut and Byblos are jubilant to welcome the ship to their shores with celebrations and receptions to mark the anniversary of the original trip sponsored by Pharaoh Necho 600 B.C.

Documentary movie in Spanish that is published on this page on Lebanon's contribution to civilization is the work of the Lebanese Cultural Union of Buenos Aires, Argentine.

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:59:39 -0400

The documentary film on Lebanon's Contributions to Civilization is presented on this page. It was conceived, executed and produced by the Lebanese Cultural Union of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The group released this documentary on video tape. I am delighted to make it available to the public on this page. The movie is split into several pieces because it is housed on YouTube and the limit for every clip is 10 minutes. I highly commend the immigrants of Lebanese origin in Argentine, especially Daniel Asade, for their work and wish people of Lebanese origin from other countries would do something similar/

Phoenician Commerce

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:53:01 +0000

Treatises and Essays on Subjects connected with Economic Policy by John Ramsay McCulloch, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black,

The Abdallah Zakhir Museum

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:51:33 +0000

View the Abdallah Zakhir's Museum at Saint John Sabigh, the Showyri, Lebanon, where printing equipment devised by Deacon Abdallah Zakhir are kept and displayed for visitors.

Establishment of the Phoenician International Research Center (PIRC)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:47:45 -0500

Dr. Habib Chamoun, president of the newly incorporated Phoenician International Research Center (PIRC) announced the official establishment in Chapel Hill, NC, USA, of the center during his address to the 16th World Lebanese Cultural Union (WLCU) World Congress in Mexico City, Mexico that ended on Monday, October 26.

The Missing Years of Jesus, The Greatest Story Never Told by Dennis Price, Reviews

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:46:33 -0500

Is there a Phoenician connection between their tin trade in Britain and the travel of Jesus and Joseph of Arimathea to the Island?

Open Letters from the public to the media regarding everything Phoenician, Canaanite, Punic

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:44:56 -0500

Publications of open letters that relate to Phoenician/Canaanite subjects and figures addressed from the public to various media, especially television channels, stations or in print.

The Itureans were not Arabs, and the Impact of Biblical Myths on History

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:54:01 -0500

The Itureans were vagabond Aramaeans from Syria who spent the early part their history terrorizing the population of the Beka'a valley and Syria, including farmers & traders who transversed the area. They established a tetrarchy that lasted for a short time and disappeared with them for ever.

Phoenicians Left Deep Genetic Mark, report in the New York Times and 3000 year old proto-Canaanite (Phoenician) script on pottery.

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:03:15 -0400

Breaking News: Phoenicians Left Deep Genetic Mark, report in the New York Times. 1 in 17 men living today on the coasts of North Africa and southern Europe may have a Phoenician direct male-line ancestor. Also, Also, there is a new discovery in Israel of proto-Canaanite script on pottery of 3000 years ago: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7700037.stm

Certaines publications sur le sujet des Phéniciens par le Dr Clovis Y Karam

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:58:28 -0400

Tous les documents qui sont disponibles sur cette page sera publié en tant que pages HTML dans un avenir proche.

Adonai - Essai de Mythocritique des traditions anciennes et modernes du mythe d'Adonis (PDF 1 MB)
Dr. Clovis Y Karam
Lyon - France 1982

La Symbolique des Archétypes dans la Mythologie Phénicienne (PDF 1.8 MB)
Dr. Clovis Karam
Lyon-France 1984

Conception of the Union in the Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch (1622-1672) by Mgr. Abdallah Raheb

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:42:25 -0400

After the Great Schism of 1054, the Patriarchate of Antioch was the only one of the strictly speaking Orthodox patriarchates[1]that entered into communion with the See of Rome, a communion remaining until today.[2] However, the entire patriarchate did not accept the union movement, and a sorrowful division took place within it; [3] this division had painful consequences and these remain until now. Moreover, even those who accepted the union always had problems with the See of Rome for most of the time Rome was skeptical about the purity of their Catholicism and even treated them as Gallicans and “half schismatics.” [4] This dissertation, which does not pretend to be exhaustive, could shed some light on the reasons for this mutual misunderstanding throughout the more than 250 years of union. This study is limited to a very important period in the upheaval of religious ideas in the Near East.

Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:41:02 -0400

The question of the existence of the Greek Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch by beginning with Cyril Tanas, the first juridical Catholic Melkite Patriarch, who was elected and consecrated in 1724. In order to dissipate the confusion on the subject of this patriarchate, which most easterners and westerners want to consider a purely "national” Church, let us begin by its identification.

In Memoriam: Eulogy to May Murr, Lebanese poet, historian and pillar of culture

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:39:11 -0400

“As you know by now, Phoenicia has lost a prominent scholar and a great advocate, being our beloved May Murr, the poet, historian and Phoenician “teacher” from the School of Thought of our own poet the great Said Akl. In these moments of sadness, we pray for her Soul that is resting beside our Lord, the Creator and the Protector of the faith and our eternal Culture. I thought that few words may not suffice for a great Phoenician star that has ceased to shine on earth. These words may not be sufficient in the light of her deeds and contributions to our Culture, but as they come from a mourning heart saddened by the loss of a loved fellow Phoenician they may ease the pain of many although not compensate for the loss of a great Phoenician scholar and advocate”.

Leo III, Byzantine Emperor was one of us

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:59:08 -0400

Byzantine Emperor, Leo III was Maronite, Maradaite, Jarjamite or Syriac Jacobite (or a mix of them). He was one of us, people of the Eastern Mediterranean and not a Greek. The conclusion is based on the fact that his family was one of the many Christian families that were forcefully resettled by the Byzantines per an agreement with the Arab Caliph. He remains an often ignored name in history because of his iconoclasm controversy.

Church of Phoenicia

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:59:16 -0400

History of the Early Church and the Church of Phoenicia indicates that eleven bishops were present at the council of Nicea in 325 A.D. from Phoenicia; namely, the bishops of Tyre, Ptolemais, Damascus, Sidon, Tripolis, Paneas, Berytus, Palmyra, Alasus2, Emesa, and Antaradus.

Crusades, Islam Expansion Traced in Lebanon DNA

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:01:42 -0400

A new genetic study of the Lebanese has found genetic traces of both the arrival of the Crusades, among Lebanese Christians, and of the expansion of Islam, among Lebanese Muslims in Lebanon. The findings not only confirm well-documented history but also present a rare genetic trail showing the movement of two major religions into Lebanon, scientists say.

Circumnavigation of Africa -- Phoenicia, The Phoenician Ship Expedition

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:02:51 -0400

In 2008-2009 a reconstruction of a Phoenician trading vessel will embark on a journey with a crew of 20 to retrace the Phoenicians' route around Africa. Re-creating this historical voyage is the major objective of the Phoenician Ship Expedition. The expedition aims to highlight the achievements of ancient Phoenician mariners and pay tribute to one of their greatest exploratory voyages.