Mirvat sees the situation as a curse Lebanese inherited from their Phoenician forefathers

Lebanese like to believe they are connected to the ancient sea faring Phoenician tradesmen.

Some ship wrecked Phoenician captains tried to blame the Ionians for cowardice before the end of the battle.

Tunisia is a mosaic of Amazigh, Phoenician, Roman, Arab and Ottoman civilizations. This makes the country diverse and unique.

Lebanon is special, we know, because our ancestors are Phoenician and because we can swim and ski in the same day.

At the time of the siege, the city held approximately 40,000 people, though the women and children were evacuated to Carthage, an ancient Phoenician colony.

The site holds a particular archaeological importance since it is the best preserved Phoenician site in Lebanon it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List's Cultural category on , 1996.

Achzib is mentioned in the Book of Joshua (19 29) and Book of Judges (1 31) as a town that became of the Asher tribe, though archaeological evidence indicates that it was Phoenician.