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The Phoenicians were famous artists and Homer in the Odyssey praises their craft persons and artisans .<ref>Homer, Odyssey, iii, 67</ref>. They utilized traditional Canaanite styles and designs. Like many other urban cultures , they were receptive to new ideas and artistic styles, for example, they adopted the Egyptian-style of sarcophagi.  There is as such was no single , distinctive Phoenician artistic style, but they did develop developed new skills and transmitted the art of other peoples across the Levant. Artistic Creative works made in cities such as Sidon were exported all over the Mediterranean to Carthaginian outposts , and they influenced local artists. The Phoenicians played a very important vital role in the development of the First Jewish Temple, built by King Solomon, artisans sent by the King of Tyre helped in its construction. The cities of Phoenicia played a critical role in the artistic development of the Levant and beyond<ref> Moscati, p 14</ref>.