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Publication Date

2013

Abstract

In 1928 a Syrian peasant farmer stumbled by chance onto a funerary vault of ancient provenance about half a mile from the Mediterranean coastline of Syria and about six miles north of the modern-day city of Latakia. This unforeseen discovery led to an archaeological excavation ofTell Ras Shamra (Cape Fennel) by the eminent French excavator Claude Schaeffer. What Schaeffer's team unearthed was not merely an ancient tomb, but a city complete with palaces, private homes, temples, and streets paved with stone.

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Originally published as the entry entitled “Ugarit” in The Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 2013 by Baker Publishing Group.

ISBN: 9780801012976

http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/the-baker-illustrated-bible-dictionary/281260

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