Thanet, Tanit & the Phoenicians: Names, Archaeology & Pre-Roman Trading Settlements in Kent? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/04/thanet-tanit-and-the-phoenicians.html …pic.twitter.com/Npezp0bx9f
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A coin struck at the Phoenician colony of Ebusus (Ibiza), c.210-190 BC, found nr Canterbury, Kent: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/787709 …pic.twitter.com/l3NaV2yUWO
Punic coins not only concentrated in Kent, but also Dorset, which is interesting given the Iron Age port at Poole...https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/745360371377119234 …
Reading your tweets is like being on an excellent free postgrad course in Ancient History, which I hope is a compliment.
Very kind of you to say :)
@simoncosgrove Always believed Phœnician trade w/ Britain (pleased to see more evidence); but as far up-channel as Kent? Why?
Procopius called it Thanatos (Isle of Death). British name for it was 'Ruim', which wasn't used by the A-S.
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