Ancient historians gave various dates, both for the foundation of Carthage and the foundation of Rome. Appian, in the beginning of his "Punic Wars", claims that Carthage was founded by a certain Zorus and Carchedon, but "Zorus" looks like an alternative transliteration of the city name "Tyre," while "Carchedon" is just the Greek form of "Carthage". Timaeus made Carchedon's wife Elissa the sister of King Pygmalion of Tyre. Archaeological evidence of settlement on the site of Carthage before the last quarter of the 8th century BC has yet to be found. Paucity of material for this period may be explained by rejection of the Greek Dark Age theory.