Editing History of Monaco (section)

==Phoenician colonization and Melqart==

"According to some authorities, the Egyptians of the Eighteenth Dynasty, according to others, the early [[Phoenicia]]ns were the first commercial navigators," who found refuge in the Port of Monaco from the mistral of the sea. The Port and Rock of Monaco were consecrated by the Phoenicians in the name of their deity [[Melqart]]. The colony was called ''Monoike''. After the Phoenicians, the Greeks wrote about the progress and conquests of the journeys and labors of [[Heracles]]. The native Ligurian people asserted that Hercules passed through the area.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I7tVAAAAYAAJ&q=phoenicians+monaco&pg=PA121 |title = Monaco: The Beauty Spot of the Riviera|last1 = Pickering|first1 = Thomas Henry|year = 1882}}</ref>