One origin theory offered in this video: Romans deported Berber enemies to the Canary Islands about 2,000 years ago, deliberately stripping them of any way to travel home. An unconfirmed report of a Phoenician city on Tenerife is floated as an alternative — if genuine, it would date to roughly 2,500-3,000 years ago. Treat this one as a reported claim, not established fact. 🏺
Video reports a claimed Phoenician city on Tenerife dating to 2,500-3,000 years ago
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📍 Tenerife
Key facts
- The video states that a Phoenician city was found on Tenerife, presented as an unconfirmed report.
- If correct, the presenter says such a find would date to roughly 2,500 to 3,000 years ago.
- This claim is offered as an alternative to the Roman-deportation story of how the Guanches reached the islands.
Sources
Spain - Phoenicians, Mediterranean, Iberian Peninsulabritannica.com
Early Phoenician settlements are known from Morro de Mezquitilla, Toscanos, and Guadalhorce and shrines from Gorham's Cave in Gibraltar and the ...
7 Mighty Phoenician Cities That Shaped Ancient Trade and Empirethecollector.com
To the Phoenicians, the Mediterranean served as a highway. They planted cities and colonies to serve their mercantile fleet.
Phoenicians Before Columbus Expedition – Why Tenerife?phoeniciansbeforecolumbus.com
Tenerife is arguably the most prominent south westerly point of the European/African continent that the Phoenicians had contact with and ...
Phoeniciaen.wikipedia.org
The Phoenician cities flourished most in the 9th century BC, but subsequently declined under the expansion of empires such as the Neo-Assyrian and Achaemenid.
The Phoenician period in Andalusiabikertours-andalusia.com
Cádiz was founded in 1100 BC by Phoenician merchants from Tyre (in what is now southern Lebanon) as a military base and trading center.
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