Jacob Mikanowski lives in Portland, Ore., and is the author of Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land ...

Ugarit’s culture was distinctive in ways apart from its homegrown script. Women had an unusual degree of autonomy compared to other contemporaneous cultures, and were allowed to own property ...

Of the thousands of texts from Ugarit, none shows the ancient Syrian city’s vibrant cosmopolitanism and civic spirit like the poem modern translators have called “Ritual of National Unity.” ...

The Bronze Age (c. 3100-1200 BCE) was an exciting time in the eastern Mediterranean Basin and the Near East for a number of ...

Damascus, SANA- Archeologists agree on the great historical importance of Ugarit archeological city in Lattakia coastal province which enjoys a significant position on the map of the ancient ...

A. Schaeffer. Educated at Strasbourg and Oxford, Schaeffer excavated in 1929 the ancient city of Ugarit, located on the Syrian coast opposite Cyprus. The abundance of Cypriot material found there ...

Steven Jones A globetrotting archaeologist discovers danger and intrigue while searching for an elusive treasure of the ancient Kingdom of Ugarit. Advertisement ...

The Ugarit Eclipse has been documented in Early Mesopotamian Records, which read: “On the day of the new moon, in the month ...

May 3 unfolds with a medley of historical events and oddities, from the birth of political reforms to celestial observations ...