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U2 (A-Z entry)
The Irish rock band U2 has been recording music since 1980 and continues to be one of the most artistically prolific, commercially successful, and ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts
Ubaid (A-Z entry)
( Ar., Tell al-῾Ubaid ), site located 6 km west of Ur, on the right bank of the Euphrates River in Iraq (30°58′ N, ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ubar (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ubar (A-Z entry)
a region/city in the proximity of the Rub al-Khali sand desert of southern Arabia or a location to the south of it somewhere near ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
῾Ubeidiya (A-Z entry)
hilltop site about 0.5 km east of Tell ῾Ubeidiya and west of the Jordan River, on a mound whose slopes range from 160 to ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ugarit (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ugarit (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ugarit (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ugarit (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ugarit (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ugarit (Chapters)
The textual discoveries at Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra) rival the great Mesopotamian tablet finds in their impact on the study of the Bible and ...
Source: The Oxford History of the Biblical World; from chapter Before Israel
Ugarit (A-Z entry)
The ancient name of the modern Ras Shamra on the Mediterranean coast in Syria . Excavations started in 1929 by French archaeologists revealed large ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Ugarit (A-Z entry)
Modern Ras Shamra, a large (greater than 20 hectares [50 acres]) commercial entrepôt slightly inland from the Syrian coast, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Ugarit (A-Z entry)
an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, whose capital of the same name was established on the mound of Ras Shamra, located ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ugarit Inscriptions (A-Z entry)
Inscriptions in nine languages and/or writing systems have been found at the site of Ras Shamra, ancient Ugarit. The inscriptions are in Ugaritic, Akkadian, ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ugaritic (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ugaritic (A-Z entry)
The Ugaritic language belongs to the West Semitic language group and is probably a late manifestation of one of the Amorite dialects; its phonetic ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ugaritic (A-Z entry)
In 1928 a Syrian farmer accidentally uncovered ancient tombs on the Mediterranean coast, directly opposite the northeastern tip of Cyprus. This led to the ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Ugaritology and Biblical Interpretation (A-Z entry)
Right from its discovery in 1928 , Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra, Syrian northern coast 35°35′ N, 35°45′ E) became an important context for the ...
Source: Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation
῾Ula, Al- (A-Z entry)
See Dedan .
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
