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Other Archaeological Sites / The Neolithic of the Levant (500 Page Book Online) McDonald Ancient Near East Book Auction Ad Infinitum Ancient Tartus (Tartous)
Tartus is situated on the Mediterranean opposite the island of Arwad which is 3 kilometres off the coast. Arad was the centre of an independent kingdom named Aradus in the days of the Canaanites. Tartus was founded in antiquity as the Phoenician colony Antaradus [Greek: the town facing Arwad] and remained an important settlement through the Hellenistic and Roman times ...... Online Bibliography
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