📷 Loris RomitoThe original uploader was Lo · Wikimedia Commons
Where in the world
Syria
The site
Ugarit is an ancient coastal city on the Syrian shore, tied to the Phoenician-Punic world and occupied across an extraordinary span from roughly 6000 BCE until about 1190 BCE. Its harborside setting made it a hub of trade and exchange in the Levant. The site rewards the patient visitor with layer upon layer of settlement, a place where a single mound records thousands of years of continuous life before its abandonment.
Field notes
- civilizations
- Phoenician-Punic
- types
- City
- built
- 6,000 BCE
- occupied
- 6,000 BCE — 1,190 BCE
- country
- Syria
Notable finds
Renowned pieces unearthed at Ugarit — and where they are today
Figures of this place
Laid to rest, born or died at Ugarit
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†Chronicle
What happened at Ugarit
- 1,184 BCEDestruction of Ugarit
