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modern Rahamzahs Shamrah

Ancient city, Middle East. It was located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea in modern Syria. The earliest settlement was a small fortified town in the 7th millennium BC. It flourished in the 15th–12th centuries BC, when great royal palaces, temples, shrines, and libraries were built there. It was destroyed circa 1200 BC. Remains at the site include ancient records in cuneiform writing.

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The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra.

Jul 01, 2007; The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra. By MARGUERITE YON. Winona Lake, Indiana: EISENBRAUNS, 2006. Pp. viii + 179, illus. $34.50....

Ras Shamra

Jan 01, 1997; Ras Shamra. Site of the ancient city of Ugarit. Archaeological discoveries at Ras Shamra have added greatly to our knowledge of...

The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra

Jul 01, 2007; MARGUERITE YON, The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006). Pp. viii +179. $34.50. This volume is...

The Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and Other Places, 2d ed.

Oct 01, 1997; The first edition of this work (M. Dietrich, O. Loretz, J. Sanmartin, Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit, pt. 1:...

Handbook of Ugaritic Studies.(Review)

Oct 01, 2000; Handbook of Ugaritic Studies. Edited by W. G. E. WATSON and N. WYATT. Handbuch der Orientalistik, vol. I.39. Leiden: E. J. BRILL,...

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