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Almost Three-Millennia-Old Pottery Found in Lebanon Ancient pottery belonging to the Phoenician civilization has been discovered at a dig site in Lebanon, by a mixed Lebanese and Spanish team of archaeologists. The largest of the earthen recipients found were used to store earthly remains of the dead, as the study indicates. Over 100 such jars, thought to be about 2,... 13 November 2008 06:10 GMT Biblical Whore or Victim of Ancient Misogynism? The priest may have told you not to follow the Biblical example of Jezebel, the lewd and wicked ancient queen, but an old stone tells more about the Old Testaments' vicious girl. The stone was found in Israel in 1964, and linked to Queen Jezebel, but only recently did the researchers solve the puzzle of the seal... 9 November 2007 04:40 GMT The Most Ancient Navigators: Did They Reach America? When you think of marine civilizations, your mind may go to Greeks or Vikings, but actually a much older one is that of the Phoenicians. They called themselves Canaanites and their land Canaan, located along the coastal plains of what is now Lebanon and Syria. The Phoenician cities were built on the coast, in places... 5 April 2007 11:52 GMT