Ugarit

Also known as Ras Shamra

antica città in Siria

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Ugarit was an ancient coastal city in what is now northern Syria that was discovered in 1928 and found to contain thousands of cuneiform texts written in a previously unknown language called Ugaritic. The site's archaeological remains, particularly from the late Bronze Age, have provided invaluable insights into Bronze Age civilization in the eastern Mediterranean region.

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Ancient site.name: Ugarit
Ancient site.native_name: 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚
Ancient site.alternate_name: Raʾs Shamrā ()
Ancient site.map_type: Syria
Ancient site.relief: yes
Ancient site.location: Latakia Governorate, Syria
Ancient site.region: Fertile Crescent
Ancient site.type: Settlement
Ancient site.built: c. 7000 BC
Ancient site.abandoned: c. 1185 BC
Ancient site.epochs: Neolithic, Late Bronze Age
Ancient site.event: Bronze Age Collapse
Ancient site.excavations: 1928–1939, 1950–2008
Ancient site.archaeologists: Claude Schaeffer, Henri de Contenson, Jean Margueron, Marguerite Yon, Yves Calvet, Bassam Jamous
Ancient site.condition: Ruins
Ancient site.ownership: Public
Ancient site.public_access: Yes
Ancient site.native_name_lang: uga

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Wikidata facts

Country: Syria
Located in: Phoenicia
Image: Ugarit Corbel.jpg

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Commons category: Ugarit
topic's main category: Category:Ugarit
inception: 6000-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1190-00-00
culture: Canaan
P8168: Geoff Petrie
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
native label: 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚

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Article · Italiano

Ugarit fu un'antica città portuale del Vicino Oriente, attuale Ras Shamra (رأس شمره in arabo, o promontorio del finocchio), pochi chilometri a nord della città moderna di Latakia in Siria. Fu la capitale dell'antico regno di Ugarit, che poteva contare su circa 1.500 villaggi nel suo entroterra. La Città sorgeva allo sbocco sul Mar Mediterraneo di un'antica via proveniente dalla Mesopotamia, in corrispondenza dei confini tra la potenza ittita a nord e la sfera d'influenza egiziana, a cui appartenne, a sud. Oltre all'indubbio valore storico, la scoperta archeologica ha avuto notevole importanza per la comprensione delle lingue e religioni antiche.

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