| المينا البيضا | |
.jpg) 1933 aerial view of Minet el-Beida | |
  Shown within Syria | |
| Alternative name | Ma'hadu |
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| Location | Latakia, Syria |
| Coordinates | 35°36′25″N 35°46′34″E / 35.607°N 35.776°E / 35.607; 35.776 |
| 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 |
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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.
Gallery
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Duck container found at Minet el-Beida
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Mycenaean high-footed cup, 14th-13th centuries BC, imported to Ugarit. Found in the cemetery of Minet el-Beida
See also
References
- 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
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.