Minet el-Beida ( ar, المينا البيضا, ''The White Harbor''; or ancient Ma'hadu) is a small
bay located north of
Latakia,
Syria on the
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...
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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]
History
It is an important archaeological site because it served as the harbor town and
necropolis for
Ugarit.
Gallery
File:Duck container Louvre AO14779.jpg, Duck container found at Minet el-Beida
File:Mycenaean cup Louvre AO15744.jpg, Mycenaean high-footed cup, 14th-13th centuries BC, imported to Ugarit. Found in the cemetery of Minet el-Beida
See also
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Cities of the ancient Near East
The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle East: its history began in the 4th millennium BC and ended, depending on the interpretation of the term, either with the conquest by ...
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Former populated places in Syria
Bays of Syria
Ugarit
Archaeological sites in Latakia Governorate
Ports and harbours of Syria
Ports and harbours of the Arab League
Transport in the Arab League
Bronze Age sites in Syria