Articles related to "Ugarit"



Life and Death in Ancient Ugarit
Most ancient civilisations kept the living and the dead separate. But houses in Ugarit were designed to accommodate both.
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Ugarit
Occupied for over 4000 years, Ugarit was the world's first international port, a nexus point not only for goods but Bronze Age technologies and knowledge.
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The Palace of Ugarit
The palace of Ugarit demonstrates how Bronze Age innovations were used to create the perfect court and centre of international diplomacy.
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The Origins of Alphabet
A vast range of written records have been found in Ugarit. But was it the site of the world's first alphabet?
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Gods and Temples in Ugarit
From the evidence of the city's religious archives and the archaeological remains of temples, it is possible to rediscover something of the religion of ancient Ugarit.
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The Amarna Letters
How this collection of clay tablets containing the diplomatic records of the last Pharaoh's of Egypt's 18th Dynasty came to shape histories image of Bronze Age politics.
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The Sea Peoples
The 'Sea Peoples' is a term used to describe an assortment of peoples who migrated into what today is the Middle East, bringing with them devastation and destruction.
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The Uluburun Wreck,
In 1982 a Turkish diver discovered a submerged shipwreck off Uluburun on Turkey's southern shore. It proved to be a spectacular sunken treasure trove of the Bronze Age.
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How History Discovered the Hurrians
Throughout the Bronze Age, the Hurrian people thrived across Northern Mesopotamia, then disappeared from history for nearly 3,000 years.
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King Suppililiuma The Great
At a time when the Kingdom of the Hittites had been reduced to its heartland, Suppililiuma took the throne and forged an Empire.
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Qadesh In The Amarna Age
During the Late Bronze Age Egypt's 18th Dynasty was at the apex of its wealth and power, but it was soon to see its authority over its vassal territories challenged.
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Passionate About Purple
Prized in ancient times, purple lent prestige to those powerful and wealthy enough to wear it.
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