Minet el-Beida
المينا البيضا | |
Shown within Syria
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Alternative name | Ma'hadu |
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Location | Latakia, Syria |
Coordinates | 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 |
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