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The first DNA analysis of 2,500-year-old remains from one of the great early civilizations of the Middle East, the Phoenicians, has shown the man had European heritage, researchers said Wednesday. 周三，研究人员宣布对于2500年的尸体的首次DNA分析显示，该腓尼基男子具有欧洲血统。腓尼基文明曾是中东最灿烂的文明之一。 The mitochondrial DNA -- or genetic information from his mother’s side -- came from a man known as "Young Man of Byrsa" or "Ariche," whose remains were uncovered in the Tunisian city of Carthage. 该名被称作“毕尔萨青年”或者Ariche的男子被发现于土耳其城市迦太基。从他身上提取的线粒体DNA是从他母亲那里遗传来的。 The findings in the journal PLOS ONE suggest his maternal lineage likely came from the north Mediterranean coast, on the Iberian Peninsula, perhaps near what is modern day Spain or Portugal. 这项于期刊《PLOS ONE》上发表的研究表明，这名男子的母系血统可能来自地中海北岸的伊比利亚半岛，靠近今日西班牙或者葡萄牙的所在地。 Phoenicians are known as the creators of the first alphabet, and inhabited the coastal cities, Tyre, Sidon, Byblos and Arwad, in what is now Lebanon and southern Syria. 腓尼基人以字母表的创始人而闻名，并定居于海岸城市泰尔、西顿、布鲁比斯和艾尔瓦德。这些城市坐落在如今的黎巴嫩和利比亚南部内。 | 
