Phoenicians
39 artifacts · 3000 BCE – 200 BCE · artifact (11) · architecture (7) · people (6) · spiritual (6) · battle (5) · art (4)
The Phoenicians, master sailors and traders of the ancient Mediterranean, established a network of city-states renowned for their craftsmanship and commerce. The artifacts and architectural remnants in this hall illuminate their contributions to trade, culture, and the spread of the alphabet across civilizations.
The Collection
- Byblos — Bronze Age · architecture
- Tyre (ancient city) — Bronze Age · architecture
- Sidon — Bronze Age · architecture
- Byblos Syllabary — Bronze Age · artifact
- Astarte — Bronze Age · spiritual
- Baal — Bronze Age · spiritual
- Tyrian Purple (dye) — Bronze Age · artifact
- Mot (god of death) — Bronze Age · spiritual
- Phoenician Alphabet — Iron Age · artifact
- Temple of Melqart, Tyre — Iron Age · architecture
- Sarcophagus of Ahiram — Iron Age · artifact
- Ahiram Throne Relief — Iron Age · art
- Melqart — Iron Age · spiritual
- Hiram I of Tyre — Iron Age · people
- Jezebel — Iron Age · people
- Kition — Iron Age · architecture
- Pygmalion of Tyre — Iron Age · people
- Carthage — Iron Age · architecture
- Elissa (Dido) — Iron Age · people
- Phoenician Glass Vessels — Iron Age · artifact
- Phoenician Trading Ship — Iron Age · artifact
- Phoenician Gold Pendant — Iron Age · artifact
- Phoenician Bronze Bowl — Iron Age · art
- Phoenician Scarab — Iron Age · art
- Eshmun — Iron Age · spiritual
- Motya (Mozia) — Iron Age · architecture
- Terracotta Masks (Carthage) — Iron Age · art
- Battle of Alalia — Iron Age · battle
- Tanit — Iron Age · spiritual
- Hanno the Navigator — Iron Age · people
- Battle of Himera (480 BCE) — Iron Age · battle
- Eshmunazar II Sarcophagus — Iron Age · artifact
- Coin of Tyre (Silver Shekel) — Iron Age · artifact
- Marseille Tariff Tablet — Iron Age · artifact
- Fall of Sidon (343 BCE) — Iron Age · battle
- Siege of Tyre (Alexander the Great) — Iron Age · battle
- Hamilcar Barca — Iron Age · people
- First Punic War — Iron Age · battle
- Cippi of Melqart — Iron Age · artifact