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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ugarit - Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria

Submitted by AlexHunger on Wednesday, 23 March 2011  Page Views: 15515

Multi-periodSite Name: Ugarit
Country: Syria Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Latakia  Nearest Village: Ras Shamra
Latitude: 35.602060N  Longitude: 35.781980E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ugarit
Ugarit submitted by AlexHunger : Gate of ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Settlement in Syria. Ugarit was the ancient capital of the Ugarit kingdom. The earliest settlement was a small fortified town in 8000 BCE. Ugarit was already important enough to be fortified with a wall by about 6000 BCE. Ugarit flourished between 1600 and 1200 BCE, when palaces, temples, shrines, and libraries were built there.

Clay tablets in many languages were found here. Ugarit is credited with inventing one of the first proper alphabets, which was significantly more conveniant than the Hierogliphics and cuneiform used until then. The city was also the most important center of Minoan trade in the Syrian region and succesfully dealt with both Egypt and the Hittites. Ugarit appeared to also specialise in the preparation of Murex sea shells into valuable purple dye. It was destroyed about 1185 BCE during the Sea People invasion. This also marked the end of the Bronze Age. Although the name of this city was known from Egyptian and Hittite sources, its location and history were unknown until the accidental discovery by a local peasant in 1928 of an ancient tomb. Excavations were begun in 1929 which established the identity of the mound as the site of ancient Ugarit.

Note: The city of Ugarit, as seen in episode two of Francesca Stavrakopoulou's BBC series, The Bible's Hidden Secrets
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Ugarit
Ugarit submitted by 43559959 : Overview of Ugarit. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ugarit Palace
Ugarit Palace submitted by Jansold : Stone slab postern gateway. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ugarit
Ugarit submitted by AlexHunger : Limstone stele of the God Baal with lightning bolts dating to XV to XIII century BCE Object from the Louvre in Paris (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ugarit Palace
Ugarit Palace submitted by AlexHunger : Parts of Palace. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ugarit Palace
Ugarit Palace submitted by AlexHunger : Remains of King's Palace. The king did a lot of the business deals himself. Foreign traders or dignitaries were received at the palace. Discussions were held at the pool while scribes etched and baked contracts on clay tablets on the spot. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and contro...

Ugarit Palace
Ugarit Palace submitted by AlexHunger : Remains of King's Palace Courtyard. The king did a lot of the business deals himself. Foreign traders or dignitaries were received at the palace. Discussions were held at the pool while scribes etched and baked contracts on clay tablets on the spot. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets ...

Ugarit Palace
Ugarit Palace submitted by AlexHunger : Remains of King's Palace. The king did a lot of the business deals himself. Foreign traders or dignitaries were received at the palace. Discussions were held at the pool, shown here, while scribes etched and baked contracts on clay tablets on the spot. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabe...

Ugarit Temples
Ugarit Temples submitted by AlexHunger : Ancient Anchor at Ugarit Temple of Baal (sometimes called Bel). Dagan was an Canaanite or Phoenician weather or Thunder God with some fertility functions. After a succesful trading sea voyage, merchants would donate their anchor at the Temple. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and co... (1 comment)

Ugarit
Ugarit submitted by AlexHunger : Ugarit Building with large Stone Vase in ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Ugarit
Ugarit submitted by AlexHunger : Ugarit Merchant Houses in ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The Stone basins were used to prepare Murex sea shells into valuable purple dye. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Ugarit
Ugarit submitted by AlexHunger : Ugarit Merchant Houses in ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The Stone basins were used to prepare Murex sea shells into valuable purple dye. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Ugaritic
Ugaritic submitted by SidT : A lawsuit written in Ugaritic cuneiform

Ugarit
Ugarit submitted by 43559959 : Chewing on the first alphabet invented by the Phoenicians in Ugarit.

Ugarit Palace
Ugarit Palace submitted by Jansold : General view.

Ugarit Temple
Ugarit Temple submitted by AlexHunger : Tomb for priests behind the two known temple at Ugarit. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Ugarit Palace
Ugarit Palace submitted by AlexHunger : Remains of King's Palace Vestibule. The king did a lot of the business deals himself. Foreign traders or dignitaries were received at the palace. Discussions were held at the pool while scribes etched and baked contracts on clay tablets on the spot. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets ...

Ugarit Palace
Ugarit Palace submitted by AlexHunger : Remains of King's Palace. The king did a lot of the business deals himself. Foreign traders or dignitaries were received at the palace. Discussions were held at the pool while scribes etched and baked contracts on clay tablets on the spot. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and contro...

Ugarit
Ugarit submitted by AlexHunger : Chambered tomb in the basement of the House of Rapanou. The stonework is high quality and there were niches for offerings. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Ugarit
Ugarit submitted by AlexHunger : Chambered tomb in the basement of the House of Rapanou. he stonework is high quality and there were niches for oferings. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Ugarit Temples
Ugarit Temples submitted by AlexHunger : Ugarit Temple of Baal (sometimes called Bel). Dagan was an Canaanite or Phoenician weather or Thunder God with some fertility functions. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Ugarit Temples
Ugarit Temples submitted by AlexHunger : Ugarit Temple of Dagan. Dagan was an Amorite Agriculture God. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Ugarit
Ugarit submitted by AlexHunger : Ugarit Exploration Trench. The various layers of the tell, or mound, where dated back to about 8000 BCE. Ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Ugarit
Ugarit submitted by AlexHunger : Ugarit Merchant Houses in ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The Stone basins were used to prepare sea shels into valuable purple dye. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Ugarit
Ugarit submitted by AlexHunger : Ugarit House of Rapanou Basement in ancient Cananite city destroyed by the invasion of the Sea People around 1185 BCE. The people of Ugarit invented one of the first Alphabets and controled trade from Crete and Cyprus to Mesopotamia and Egypt.

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The Bible's Buried Secrets, episode two - Did God Have a Wife? by Andy B on Wednesday, 23 March 2011
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The Bible's Buried Secrets, episode two - Did God Have a Wife?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zw3fl

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fpxmc
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Archaeological findings in Ugarit dating back to Hellenistic and Bronze ages by coldrum on Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Archaeological findings in Ugarit dating back to Hellenistic and Bronze ages

Syrian Excavation Team discovers several archaeological findings dating back to Hellenistic and Old Bronze ages at Tal Shamia, 7km, north Ugarit in Lattakia Province, is based on a rocky mountainous area next to al Arab River where the Syrian mission started its excavation works.

Archaeological findings in Ugarit dating back to Hellenistic and Bronze ages
Syrian Assistant Director of Excavation at Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Ahmed Farzat Taraqji, said excavation works aim at cleaning the tombs engraved into rock and draw their architectural projections to get some indications about their history.

The mission's works could identify the eras of the finds:

-Small architectural parts belong to the Hellenistic age.

-Remains of clay jars similar to those found in Ugarit belonging to the middle Bronze Age were found at the southern part of the site.

-Remains of clay jars belonging to the Old Bronze Age were found in the southern part of the site.

- Human Skeletons belonging to the Third Bronze Age were found in the north-west of the sits.

Taraqji said the finds indicate that the site was first inhabited in 2600 BC with coincidence of the second construction boom emerged in the Near East.

http://www.archaeologydaily.com/news/201008154808/Archaeological-findings-in-Ugarit-dating-back-to-Hellenistic-and-Bronze-ages.html
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