Minet el-Beida

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Minet el-Beida
المينا البيضا
Duck container, a toilette article designed to hold make-up. Hippopotamus tusk, 13th century BC. Found at Minet el-Beida.
Duck container found at Minet el-Beida.
Located on the Mediterranean coast of Syria
Located on the Mediterranean coast of Syria
Shown within Syria
Alternative nameMa'hadu
LocationLatakia, Syria
Coordinates35°36′25″N 35°46′34″E / 35.607°N 35.776°E / 35.607; 35.776
Typesettlement, port
History
Foundedlate fifteenth century BC
PeriodsBronze Age
CulturesCanaanite
Satellite ofUgarit
EventsBronze Age collapse
Site notes
Excavation dates1928—1935
ArchaeologistsClaude F. A. Schaeffer
OwnershipPublic
Public accessNo
Ugarit
A duck container made from hippopotamus tusk, 13th century BC.
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Minet el-Beida (Arabic: المينا البيضا‎, The White Harbor; or ancient Ma'hadu) is a small bay located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of Latakia, Syria on the Mediterranean Sea. [1] It is an important archaeological site because it served as the harbor town and necropolis for Ugarit.

See also[]

  • Cities of the ancient Near East

References[]

  1. ^ 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

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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