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A quest for silver sparked epic voyages by an ancient people

Chemical evidence suggests that the Phoenicians had spread to the Iberian Peninsula by the ninth century bc.
The Ein Hofez silver hoard, made up of three pots with many fragments of silver

The silver in the ‘Ein Hofez hoard, named for the Phoenician village where it was found, includes metal mined on the Iberian Peninsula. Credit: Warhaftig Venezian/Israel Antiquities Authority

The westward spread of an adventurous ancient people called the Phoenicians was driven by a thirst for silver, according to research that addresses a long-standing controversy.

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Nature 567, 9 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00686-w

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