Did the fabled Phoenicians ever actually exist?

So the Phoenicians never existed. Herodotus, that unreliable old fibber, made it all up in the Histories. Is this really what Josephine Quinn is saying, or is it just a cunning ruse to stir up a fuss…
Read more: https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/01/did-the-fabled-phoenicians-ever-actually-exist/?source=Snapzu