Minet el-Beida
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| المينا البيضا | |
Duck container found at Minet el-Beida.
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 Shown within Syria
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| Alternate name | Ma'hadu |
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| Location | Latakia, Syria |
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| Type | settlement, port |
| History | |
| Founded | late fifteenth century BC |
| Periods | Bronze Age |
| Cultures | Canaanite |
| Satellite of | Ugarit |
| Events | Bronze Age collapse |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1928—1935 |
| Archaeologists | Claude F. A. Schaeffer |
| Ownership | Public |
| Public access | No |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.
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- ↑ 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
