Table of Contents

Part 1 Phoenician civilization: a civilization rediscovered, Sabatino Moscati; who were the Phoenicians?, Sabatino Moscati; territory and settlements, Sabatino Moscati; the origins in the East, Sandro Filippo Bondi; the course of history, Sandro Filippo Bondi; colonization of the Mediterranean, Sabatino Moscati; the Carthaginian Empire, Sabatino Moscati; Hannibal's expedition, Giovanni Brizzi; ships and navigation, Piero Bartoloni; commerce and industry, Piero Bartoloni; the question of the alphabet, Giovanni Garbini; beliefs and religious life, Sergio Ribichini; political and administrative, Sandro Filippo Bondi; army, navy and warfare, Perio Bartoloni. Part 2 The great areas: Phoenicia, Antonia Ciasca; Cyprus, Vassos Karageorghis; North Africa, M'Hamed Fantor; Sicily, Vincenzo Tusa; Malta, Antonia Ciasca; Sardinia, Enrico Acquaro; Spain, Maria Eugenia Aubet Semmler. Part 3 The world of art: arts and crafts, Sabatino Moscati; city planning and architecture, Sandro Filippo Bondi; statuary, Sabatino Moscati; sarcophagi, Sabatino Moscati; stone reliefs, Sabatino Moscati; stelae, Sabatino Moscati; terracotta figures, Anna Maria Bisi; masks and protomes, Antonia Ciasca; jewellery, Giovanna Pisano; scarabs and amulets, Enrico Acquaro; ivory and bone carving, Maria Luisa Uberti; bronzes, Enrico Acquaro; metal bowls, Sabatino Moscati; painting, Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo; ostrich eggs, Sabatino Moscati; coins, Enrico Acquaro; glass, Maria Luisa Uberti; pottery, Piero Bartoloni. Part 4 The Phoenicians and the world outside: substrata and adstrata, Sabatino Moscati; Phoenicians and Egyptians, Sergio Pernigotti; Phoenicians and Etruscans, Enrico Acquaro; the "youth of Motya", Vincenzo Tusa; orientalizing art, Sabatino Moscati; the Phoenicians as seen by the ancient world, Federico Mazza; Dido and her myth, Sergio Ribichini; did the Phoenicians land in America?, Maria Giulia Amadasi Guzzo.

Reviews

Under Sabatino Moscati's direction a distinguished group of scholars has provided a definitive four-part study of the Phoenicians: part 1 treats their history, military and political organization, commerce and industry, alphabet, and religion; part 2 is on the great areas of their expansion, e.g., North Africa and Spain; part 3 focuses on Phoenician art, e.g., jewelry, pottery, and coins; part 4 details the Phoenicians contacts with Etruscans, Egyptians, and others. Many translators, museologists, and other specialists have contributed to this extraordinary volume, which also contains a catalog of the special Phoenician exhibit in Venice's Palazzo Grassi museum. There are more than 1500 illustrations, many in color. Here for the first time Phoenician civilization can be understood in its entirety.-- Jackson P. Hershbell, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis