@nntaleb @peterfrankopan @caitlinrgreen been posting interesting stuf on twitter about links btw British Isles and the Med in ancient times
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From Ramallah to Rame Head in Cornwall: fascinating by
@caitlinrgreen on possible Phoenician etymologies in Britain http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/04/thanet-tanit-and-the-phoenicians.html … -
@holland_tom Thanks! :) -
@caitlinrgreen What's your take on the possibility of proto-English having been spoken in eastern Britain before the Romans? -
@holland_tom More than a little sceptical, but interested! Think need to be v wary, but at same time worth noting that isotope evidence > -
@holland_tom does strongly support idea of ppl moving to Britain from these areas in Bronze+Iron Age etc--next blog post on this, in fact :) -
@holland_tom Will be follow-up to previous post on S.Iberia/N. African ppl in Bronze Age-early medieval Britain :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/657981747154522112 …
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@caitlinrgreen@peterfrankopan@rosmiquel@nntaleb Isn't there an idea linking the arrival of the Tuatha de Danann with the Phoenicians? -
@Herne_TheHunter@peterfrankopan@rosmiquel@nntaleb There is :) Fwiw, a 7thC BC Phoenician seal from Ireland ;)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/635530515081248768 …
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@Herne_TheHunter@peterfrankopan@rosmiquel@nntaleb (note, prob modern loss, tho' one never knows...! More here: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q6uJ1qgYabEC&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162#v=onepage&q&f=true … )
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@caitlinrgreen@rosmiquel@nntaleb brilliant - thanks for re-posting Caitlin; fascinating ! -
@peterfrankopan@rosmiquel@nntaleb My pleasure, and thanks! :)
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