Alternate name Ma'hadu Type settlement, port Cultures Canaanite Satellite of Ugarit | Periods Bronze Age Period Bronze Age | |
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Founded late fifteenth century BC Archaeologist Claude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer | ||
Minet el-Beida (Arabic: المينا البيضا, The White Harbor; or ancient Ma'hadu) is a small bay located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of Latakia, Syria on the Mediterranean Sea. It is an important archaeological site because it served as the harbor town and necropolis for Ugarit.
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