The word Phoenician was printed with an oe ligature. From Wordnik.com. [The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890] Reference
When the cuneiform syllabary was superseded in Palestine by the so-called Phoenician alphabet we do not know. From Wordnik.com. [Patriarchal Palestine] Reference
But the land of the Phoenician was a lovely land, which bound him to itself; and wherever he moved his heart still turned to the pleasant abodes of. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
We may even conjecture that the Israelitish settlement in Palestine brought with it the gift of the "Phoenician" alphabet. From Wordnik.com. [Patriarchal Palestine] Reference
Sadly, instead of striving for unity, they try hard to distance themselves from other Arabs (many claim to be 'Phoenician' instead). From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference
He is generally considered to have been of Phoenician origin. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
All the world knew of the Phoenician seaports, Tyre and Sidon. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Phoenician seaports and then made himself master of Babylonia. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
"What meaneth it?" the Phoenician asked, backing out of the hole. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
The Phoenician looked inquiringly into the calm eyes of the unknown. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
In Phoenician mythology, one of the sons of Uranus is named Baetylus. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Fenians, claim that Cadmus, the Phoenician, was one of their forebears. From Wordnik.com. [The Master-Knot of Human Fate] Reference
Perhaps a Phoenician settlement, certainly a Carthaginian mart, later a. From Wordnik.com. [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference
It was easy for the divinities of the Phoenician coast to cross the seas. From Wordnik.com. [The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism] Reference
Then abruptly this quaint account of the only Phoenician voyage on record stops. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
The Hebrew is closely allied to the Arabic the Phoenician the Syriac and the Chaldee. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Phoenician colonies -- with sixty ships containing an enormous number of men and women. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Speaking in Latin, he addressed a few words to the Phoenician and then said, "Follow me.". From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
Sidon, another and still older Phoenician city, were celebrated long before Rome was heard of. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
The Phoenician purposely ran his ship on to a shoal in order to keep the secret of the discovery. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
Once inside, the Phoenician pushed gently through the circle assembled to a place near the front. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
He said to the Syro-Phoenician woman, "I am not sent save to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.". From Wordnik.com. [Joy in Service; Forgetting, and Pressing Onward; Until the Day Dawn] Reference
Thus Hannibal stands at the close of the Phoenician history and Vercingetorix at the close of the Celtic. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
They worshipped among other things -- perhaps in consequence of the old Phoenician occupation -- the moon. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
Phoenician adventurer had worn perhaps four thousand years ago, quivered as he shouted with all his might. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
The Phoenician pottery which I found at Lachish is also found here, so we now have a firm dating for all these styles. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
North Africa and in the graves and tombs of ancient Egypt and India led some to suppose them of probable Phoenician origin. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921] Reference
Cafza, and to have been founded by the African Hercules; that is, by Phoenicians; for the Phoenician conquests are ascribed to a. From Wordnik.com. [C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino] Reference
The scarred man of great size and the bearded Phoenician stood in the dim light of the torch held at a little distance, by the bearer. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
Hercules, and Marseilles, about 600 B.C., by a Phoenician trader who married a chief's daughter and settled at the mouth of the Rhone. From Wordnik.com. [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference
A crude anticipation of the volute is found in Phoenician work, and it also appears on a Hittite relief at Boghaz Keui in the middle of. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
"Scientists can recognize the descendants of chromosomes that ancient Phoenician traders left behind when they visited Italian seaports.". From Wordnik.com. [Decoding The Human Body] Reference
'Venusta,' said Lucius, 'I have been thinking of that slave girl, the dark Phoenician maid, Saronia; I see her not in her accustomed place. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
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