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The terminal destruction layer at Gibala-Tell Tweini: picture

PhotographCC BY (PLOS ONE's Creative Commons Attribution licence, 2011)Radiocarbon-dated to 1192–1190 BCCopy of The terminal destruction layer at Gibala-Tell Tweini
The terminal destruction layer at Gibala-Tell Tweini: picture
The terminal destruction layer at Gibala-Tell Tweini: picture

The burned level whose radiocarbon dates fix the fall of Ugarit's dependency, and the closest dated horizon to the fall of Ugarit itself.

Kaniewski et al, 1192. CC BY (PLOS ONE's Creative Commons Attribution licence, 2011)

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PictureKaniewski et al · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY (PLOS ONE's Creative Commons Attribution licence, 2011)1 step from the original

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NicosiaAleppoHomsTarsusAntalyaṬarābulusDayr az Zawr1Gibala-Tell Tweini200 kmDamascusNicosiaAleppoAdana1200 km
Gibala-Tell Tweini · Archaeological site

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