• Source: Minet el-Beida

Minet el-Beida (Arabic: المينا البيضا, The White Harbor; or ancient Maʾḫadu) is a small bay located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of Latakia, Syria on the Mediterranean Sea.




History



It is an important archaeological site because it served as the harbor town and necropolis for Ugarit.




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See also


Cities of the ancient Near East




References






Bibliography


Watson, Wilfred G. E.; Wyatt, Nicolas (1999). Handbook of Ugaritic studies, Part 1, Volume 39. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-10988-9.
Younger, K. Lawson (2007). Ugarit at Seventy-Five. EISENBRAUNS. ISBN 978-1-57506-143-6.
Gates, Charles (2003). Ancient cities: the archaeology of urban life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece and Rome. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-12182-8.
Hansen, Mogens Herman (2000). A comparative study of thirty city-state cultures: an investigation. Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. ISBN 978-87-7876-177-4.

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• Minet el-Beida
• Ugarit
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• Baal Cycle
• Syrian Navy
• Sherden
• Hurrian songs
• Ugaritic texts
• Ras Ibn Hani
• Mediterranean Sea