Scientists selected the complete mitochondrial genome of a 2500-year-old Phoenician. The study found that the man had European ancestors. This is the first ancient DNA recovered from Phoenician remains. <\/p>\n
The DNA belongs to a man named “Ariche”, a young man from Byrsy – a fortified fortress above Carthage’s port. The remains of the Phoenician were discovered in 1994 on the southern slope of the hill when Tunisian fruit farmers fell into an ancient grave.<\/p>\n
An analysis of “Ariche’s” body revealed that he died at the age of 19-24. He was sturdy and 1.7 meters tall. The latest research, in turn, has shown that the man had ancestors from Europe – most likely the Iberian Peninsula. This confirms that the Phoenicians were mobile and active in what is now Spain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36563,"template":"","class_list":["post-105369","odkrycia-rzymskie","type-odkrycia-rzymskie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odkrycia-rzymskie\/105369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odkrycia-rzymskie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/odkrycia-rzymskie"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odkrycia-rzymskie\/105369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}