where was ugarit
Ugarit, ancient city lying in a large artificial mound called Ras Shamra (RaÊ¾s Shamrah), 6 miles (10 km) north of Latakia (Al-LÄdhiqÄ«yah) on the Mediterranean coast of northern Syria. Its ruins, about half a mile from the shore, were first uncovered by the plow of a peasant at Al-Bayá¸Ä Bay.