Ugarit (/ juːˈɡɑːrɪt, uː -/; Ugaritic: 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚, ủgrt /ʾUgarītu/) was an ancient port city in northern Syria about 10 kilometers north of modern Latakia. At its height it ruled an area roughly equivalent to the modern Latakia Governorate. It was discovered by accident in …

Ugarit, ancient city lying in a large artificial mound called Ras Shamra, 6 miles (10 km) north of Latakia on the Mediterranean coast of northern Syria. Its golden age occurred about 1450 to 1200 BCE and produced texts in a cuneiform alphabetic script. Excavation of its ruins began in 1929.

Mar 22, 2012 · Ugarit was an important sea port city in the Northern Levant. Though never a world power, Ugarit was a key economic center in the Ancient Near East, serving as a major trade center between Egypt and the major powers of Bronze Age Asia Minor and Mesopotamia.

The Ugaritic texts are a corpus of ancient cuneiform texts discovered in 1928 in Ugarit (Ras Shamra) and Ras Ibn Hani in Syria, and written in Ugaritic, an otherwise unknown Northwest Semitic language. Approximately 1,500 texts and fragments have been found to date.

Ugaritic [2] [3] (/ ˌ j uː ɡ ə ˈ r ɪ t ɪ k, ˌ uː-/ [4]) is an extinct Northwest Semitic language known through the Ugaritic texts discovered by French archaeologists in 1928 at Ugarit, [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] including several major literary texts, notably the Baal cycle.

Jun 15, 2023 · A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The forgotten ancient Canaanite city of Ugarit was discovered in 1928 by a local farmer plowing his field. He was unaware that he accidentally came across the remains of an old seaport at its political, religious, and economic greatness around the 12th century BC. Artifacts from the ancient city of Ugarit.

Aug 5, 2018 · The archaeology of the ancient city of Ugarit in Syria gives us a remarkable insight into the religious beliefs of the ancient Levant. Remains of the city’s temples along with fragments of cuneiform tablets help rebuild a picture of the gods …

Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra near Latakia, Syria) was an ancient cosmopolitan port city, sited on the Mediterranean coast, reaching the height of its civilization from about 1450 B.C.E. until 1200 B.C.E.

Ugarit (/ j uː ˈ ɡ ɑː r ɪ t, uː-/; [1] Ugaritic: 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚, ʼUgart; Arabic: أُوغَارِيت Ūġārīt or أُوجَارِيت Ūǧārīt) was an ancient port city in northern Syria. It is in the outskirts of modern Latakia. It was discovered by accident in 1928 together with the Ugaritic texts. [2]

May 14, 2018 · UGARIT, ancient city located about 7 mi. (11 km.) north of Latakia. Though it is not mentioned in the Bible, its discovery has had a profound effect on biblical studies, especially in the fields of religion, literature, and language.