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Multi-periodSite Name: UgaritCountry: Syria Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Latakia Nearest Village: Ras Shamra
Latitude: 35.602060N Longitude: 35.781980E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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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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