Ras Al-Bassit
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| Periods | Iron Age |
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| ID | 3014564 |
About Ras Al-Bassit
Ras al-Bassit, the classical Posidium or Posideium, is a small town in Syria named for a nearby cape. It has been occupied since at least the late Bronze Age and was a fortified port under Greek and Roman rule. Herodotus—although not later classical geographers—made it the northwestern point of Syria.
