Important as transmitters of alphabet, temple architecture, seafaring technology, and mythic patterns (Melqart, Baal, Astarte). The Hiramic legend in Freemasonry derives from Phoenician craftsmen at the Temple of Solomon.
/Levantine Important as transmitters of alphabet, temple architecture, seafaring technology, and mythic patterns (Melqart, Baal, Astarte). The Hiramic legend in Freemasonry derives from Phoenician craftsmen at the Temple of Solomon.