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Ras Shamra

Ugarit
Ugarit Corbel.jpg
Entrance to the Royal Palace of Ugarit
Ugarit is located in Syria
Ugarit
Shown within Syria
Alternate 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. 1190 BC
Periods NeolithicLate Bronze Age
Cultures Canaanite
Events Bronze Age Collapse
Site notes
Excavation dates 1928–present
Archaeologists Claude F. A. Schaeffer
Condition ruins
Ownership Public
Public access Yes

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