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Minet el-Beida
Archaeological site located in Syria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minet el-Beida (Arabic: المينا البيضا, The White Harbor; or ancient Maʾḫadu[1]) is a small bay located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of Latakia, Syria on the Mediterranean Sea.[2]
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المينا البيضا | |
![]() 1933 aerial view of Minet el-Beida | |
Alternative name | Ma'hadu |
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Location | Latakia, Syria |
Coordinates | 35.607°N 35.776°E / 35.607; 35.776 |
Type | settlement, port |
History | |
Founded | late fifteenth century BC |
Periods | Bronze Age |
Cultures | Canaanite |
Satellite of | Ugarit |
Events | Bronze Age collapse |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1928—1935 |
Archaeologists | Claude F. A. Schaeffer |
Ownership | Public |
Public access | No |
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