This young woman from ancient Carthage has her eyes closed in deep contemplation, or possibly meditation. What could she be thinking?

As far as ancient civilizations go, not so much has survived from the Carthaginian civilization, in no small part because their Roman adversaries made a point of destroying every trace of it after conquering them in 146 BC and then building on top of its ruins. It’s a terrible shame from an archaeological standpoint that so much was lost, but on the bright side, at least I have a little more creative leeway in reconstructing how the Carthaginian people and culture may have looked.

When designing this character’s appearance, I mixed elements from ancient Greek, Egyptian, and North African Amazigh cultures. At the peak of its power, Carthage would have controlled much of the western Mediterranean basin, so they probably mixed influences from all over the region anyway.