In Search of the Phoenicians

Resumen del libro

Who were the ancient Phoenicians-and did they actually exist?The Phoenicians traveled the Mediterranean long before the Greeks and Romans, trading, establishing settlements, and refining the art of navigation. But who these legendary sailors really were has long remained a mystery. In Search of the Phoenicians makes the startling claim that the "Phoenicians" never actually existed as such.

Taking readers from the ancient world to today, this book argues that the notion of these sailors as a coherent people with a shared identity, history, and culture is a product of modern nationalist ideologies-and a notion very much at odds with the ancient sources.

Biografía del autor

Josephine Quinn es profesora de Historia Antigua en la Universidad de Oxford, y Martin Frederiksen profesor asociado y tutor en Historia Antigua en el Worcester College de Oxford. Es graduada por Oxford y por la Universidad de Berkeley, ha impartido clase en Estados Unidos, Italia y Reino Unido, y ha codirigido excavaciones arqueológicas de equipos formados por británicos y tunecinos en Útica. Es colaboradora habitual de la London Review of Books, así como de programas de radio y televisión. Es autora del premiado libro In Search of the Phoenicians.