Hacker News with Generative AI: Mediterranean

Phoenician culture spread mainly through cultural exchange (mpg.de)
Study challenges long-held assumptions about the Mediterranean Phoenician-Punic civilization, one of the most influential maritime cultures in history
History, Archaeology, Culture, Mediterranean
71 points by gmays 4 days ago | 23 comments
Hunter-gatherer sea voyages extended to remotest Mediterranean islands (nature.com)
Humans were not thought to have reached and inhabited such small and isolated islands until the regional shift to Neolithic lifeways, around 7.5 thousand years ago (ka)1.
Archaeology, History, Mediterranean, Human Migration, Islands
44 points by rntn 26 days ago | 15 comments
The Floods This Time: In the Mediterranean, Climate Change Is Already Here (nytimes.com)
Short, heavy rainfall is typical of the Mediterranean, but like many of the climate extremes in recent years, including the current fires in Los Angeles, nothing is typical about what has been happening there recently.
Climate Change, Mediterranean, Weather, Natural Disasters
16 points by whack 114 days ago | 1 comments
Canoes discovered northwest of Rome are oldest boats ever found in Mediterranean (smithsonianmag.com)
Archaeology, History, Mediterranean, Boats, Italy
118 points by bryanrasmussen 390 days ago | 65 comments