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During the Bronze Age, Ras al-Basit served as an important settlement and a fortified outpost of Ugarit. The Greeks later established a colony there, naming it *Poseidon* after the sea god. Under Roman rule, it developed into a fortified port and underwent architectural expansion. In 1971, excavations led by a French mission uncovered remains from the Bronze, Iron, Byzantine, and Roman periods.
