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  • Amrit

  • Amrit

    Amrit, also known as Marathos, Marathus, was an ancient Phoenician city located near Tartus in Syria. Founded in the third millennium BC and abandoned during the 2nd century BC, the city's Phoenician ruins have been preserved in their entirety without extensive remodeling by later generations.
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    Amrit
    by Jerzy Strzelecki, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Amrit
    by LorisRomito, GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Amrit
    by Gianfranco Gazzetti / GAR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Amrit

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    Historic Cities and Regions

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    Syria

    Tartus

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    Third Millennium BC

    Phoenician

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    Phoenician Monuments

     

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