Objects from across the eastern Mediterranean found in Ugarit, clockwise from top left: a bowl with Egyptian motifs excavated in the city's harbor; a carnelian scarab imported from Egypt; a Mycenaean ceramic ceremonial vessel in the shape of an animal head imported from Greece; a fragment of an alabaster vase bearing the cartouche of an Egyptian pharaoh; a bronze figurine of a falcon god with an Egyptian crown; and a seal with an inscription in the Hittite language refers to Ugarit's political ties to that empire in modern-day Turkey. archaeology.org 29