Minet el-Beida

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Minet el-Beida
المينا البيضا
Claude F. A. Schaeffer
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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

Minet el-Beida on the map of localities in the kingdom of Ugarit

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

Gallery

  • Duck container found at Minet el-Beida
    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
    Mycenaean high-footed cup, 14th-13th centuries BC, imported to Ugarit. Found in the cemetery of Minet el-Beida

See also

  • Cities of the ancient Near East

References

  1. ISSN 0022-4995
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  2. ^ 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

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