Ugarit

• Ugarit was a Port of Phoenicia on the Levant coast in northern Syria. It’s first Wall dates back to 6,000 BCE.
• The city reached its greatest period of influence between 1450-1200 BCE, until it was destroyed in c. 1190 BCE by the Sea Peoples.

Finds

• The Ruins of Ugarit were rediscovered in 1928 close to the Port City of Latakia.
• Several hundred Cuneiform clay tablets have been excavated from the Site. They are written in Sumerian, Hurrian, Akkadian and Ugaritic.

Ruins of Ugarit, Latakia: