Ugarit

Ugarit

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Alternative name	Ras Shamra (Arabic: رأس شمرة)
Location	Latakia Governorate, Syria
Region	Fertile Crescent
Coordinates	35°36′07″N 35°46′55″E / 35.602°N 35.782°E / 35.602; 35.782
Type	settlement
History
Founded	c. 6000 BC
Abandoned	c. 1185 BC
Periods	Neolithic, Late Bronze Age, Hellenistic
Events	Bronze Age Collapse
Site notes
Excavation dates	1928–1939, 1950-2008
Archaeologists	Claude F. A. Schaeffer Henri de Contenson, Jean Margueron, Marguerite Yon, Yves Calvet, Bassam Jamous
Condition	ruins
Ownership	Public
Public access	Yes

Ugarit (/juːˈɡɑːrɪt, uː-/; Ugaritic: 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚, 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 1928 with the Ugaritic texts.^[1] Its ruins are often called Ras Shamra (also Ras Shamrah) after the headland where they lie.