The History and Archaeology of Phoenicia

Hélène Sader

An insightful historical account of Phoenicia that illustrates its cities, culture, and daily life

Hélène Sader presents the history and archaeology of Phoenicia based on the available contemporary written sources and the results of archaeological excavations in Phoenicia proper. Sader explores the origin of the term Phoenicia; the political and geographical history of the city-states Arwad, Byblos, Sidon, and Tyre; and topography, climate, and natural resources of the Phoenician homeland. Her limited focus on Phoenicia proper, in contrast to previous studies that included information from Phoenician colonies, presents the bare realities of the opportunities and difficulties shaping Phoenician life. Sader’s evaluation November 2018, 400 pages Archaeology and Biblical and synthesis of the evidence offers a corrective to the common assumption of a Studies 25 unified Phoenician kingdom.

Paperback $50.00 Features: ISBN 9781628372557 • Historical as well as modern maps with the locations of all relevant Hardcover $70.00 archaeological sites ISBN 9780884144052 • Faunal and floral analyses that shed light on the Phoenician diet eISBN 9780884144069 • Petrographic analysis of pottery that sheds light on trading patterns and developments Hélène Sader is Professor of Archaeology at the American University of Beirut and has directed excavations of Phoenician settlements at Beirut and Tell el-Burak. Sader is the author of Les États Araméens de Syrie depuis leur Fondation jusqu’à leur Transformation en Provinces Assyriennes (1987) and Iron Age Funerary Stelae from Lebanon (2005).

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