Marathus (Extinct city)
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Name (Hebrew)
מרתוס (עיר קדומה)
Name (Latin)
Marathus (Extinct city)
Other forms of name
Amrīt Site (Syria)
Amrīta Site (Syria)
Amrit (Syria)
Coordinates
35.9075 35.9075 34.835278 34.835278 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Extinct cities Syria
See Also From tracing place name
Syria
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q290054
Library of congress:
sh 94003159
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 92216063: Héraclès-Melqart a Amrith : recherches iconographiques : contribution à l'étude d'un syncrétisme, 1922.
- Lippincott(Amrit, Marathus)
- BGN Gazetteer Syria(Amrīt, Amrītá, Marathus)
- Nat. Geog. atlas(ʻAmrit, Marathus)
Wikipedia description:
Amrit (Arabic: عمريت) is a small village near Tartus, in south-western Syria. It lies on the site of the ancient Marathus (Ancient Greek: Μάραθος, Marathos), a Phoenician port located near present-day Tartus in Syria. Founded in the third millennium BC, Marat (Phoenician: 𐤌𐤓𐤕, mrt) was the northernmost important city of ancient Phoenicia, with relations to nearby Arwad. During the 2nd century BC, Amrit was defeated and its site largely abandoned, leaving its ruins well preserved and without extensive remodeling by later generations.
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