Minet el-Beida
المينا البيضا | |
1933 aerial view of Minet el-Beida | |
| Alternative name | Ma'hadu |
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| Location | Latakia, Syria |
| Coordinates | 35°36′25″N 35°46′34″E / 35.607°N 35.776°E |
| Type | settlement, port |
| History | |
| Founded | late fifteenth century BC |
| Periods | Bronze Age |
| Cultures | Canaanite |
| Satellite of | Ugarit |
| Events | Bronze Age collapse |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1928—1935 |
| Archaeologists | Claude F. A. Schaeffer |
| Ownership | Public |
| Public access | No |
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Minet el-Beida (Arabic: المينا البيضا, The White Harbor; or ancient Maʾḫadu) is a small bay located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of Latakia, Syria on the Mediterranean Sea.