English: THE PHENICIANS

On their arrival on the coast of Cherchell, the Phoenicians discovered a region inhabited by several prehistoric civilizations, including the Iberian-Mauritian civilization. In the sea of the present Cherchell, the Phoenicians founded a trading post called IOL in the 4th Century, named after one of their deity, "the god of the wind", and began trading with the natives. Thanks to these navigators and great merchants, Iol experienced great prosperity for centuries and thus till the arrival of the Romans.