Minet el-Beida
| Minet el-Beida | |
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| المينا البيضا (Arabic) | |
| Ma'hadu | |
.jpg) 1933 aerial view of Minet el-Beida | |
  Location of Minet el-Beida in Syria | |
| 35°36′25″N 35°46′34″E / 35.607°N 35.776°E | |
| Type | settlement, port |
| Periods | Bronze Age |
| Cultures | Canaanite |
| Satellite of | Ugarit |
| Location | Latakia, Syria |
| History | |
| Built | late fifteenth century BC |
| Event | Bronze Age collapse |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1928—1935 |
| Archaeologists | Claude F. A. Schaeffer |
| Owner | Public |
| Public access | No |
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Minet el-Beida (Arabic: المينا البيضا, The White Harbor; or ancient Maʾḫadu[1]) is a small bay located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of Latakia, Syria on the Mediterranean Sea.[2]
History
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It is an important archaeological site because it served as the harbor town and necropolis for Ugarit.
Gallery
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Duck container found at Minet el-Beida -
Mycenaean high-footed cup, 14th-13th centuries BC, imported to Ugarit. Found in the cemetery of Minet el-Beida
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Astour, Michael C. (1970). "Maʾḫadu, the Harbor of Ugarit". Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 13 (2): 113–127. doi:10.2307/3596082. ISSN 0022-4995.
- ^ Michael C. Astour, Ma'Hadu, the Harbor of Ugarit, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, vol. 13, iss. 1, pp. 113 – 127, 1970
Further reading
[edit]- 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.
- Sauvage, Caroline, "Nouvelle réflexion sur le "dépôt aux 80 jarres" de Minet el-Beida", De l'île d'Aphrodite au Paradis perdu, itinéraire d'un gentilhomme lyonnais. En hommage à Yves Calvet, hrsg. v. Bernard Geyer, Valérie Matoïan (Ras Shamra - Ougarit 22)., Peeters, pp. 63–76, 2015 ISBN 978-90-429-3267-8
- 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.
