{"id":109,"date":"2026-08-29T01:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T01:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syriaheritage.org\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2026-08-29T01:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T01:46:16","slug":"national-museum-of-latakia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/syriaheritage.org\/?page_id=109","title":{"rendered":"National Museum of Latakia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The National Museum of Latakia<\/strong>, situated in Syria\u2019s Mediterranean coastal city of Latakia, preserves archaeological and artistic collections reflecting the long and diverse history of the Syrian coast. Its collections include objects discovered at <strong>Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Ras Ibn Hani<\/strong>, and other archaeological sites throughout the Latakia region, alongside material dating from the Classical, Byzantine, Islamic, and later periods. Of particular importance are objects associated with <strong>Ugarit<\/strong>, including inscribed clay tablets, ceramics, figurines, jewellery, and other discoveries that provide valuable insight into the life, culture, religion, and international connections of this major Bronze Age kingdom. The museum therefore forms an important link between the modern city of Latakia and the extraordinary archaeological heritage of Syria\u2019s Mediterranean coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Following the outbreak of the conflict in Syria in 2011, the museum was closed to visitors, while its archaeological garden remained accessible.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>museum garden is itself an important open-air archaeological collection<\/strong>. Displayed among its trees and pathways are architectural fragments, column capitals, sculptures, inscriptions, funerary monuments, and a <strong>remarkable group of ancient stone sarcophagi<\/strong>. Their carved decoration provides striking examples of the funerary art and traditions of the Classical and Late Antique periods. Together with the other stone monuments preserved in the garden, the sarcophagi give this outdoor space its distinctive character and make it an integral part of the archaeological heritage preserved by the National Museum of Latakia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Museum of Latakia, situated in Syria\u2019s Mediterranean coastal city of Latakia, preserves archaeological and artistic collections reflecting the long and diverse history of the Syrian coast. Its collections include objects discovered at Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Ras Ibn Hani, and other archaeological sites throughout the Latakia region, alongside material dating from the Classical, Byzantine, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syriaheritage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/syriaheritage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/syriaheritage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syriaheritage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syriaheritage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/syriaheritage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/syriaheritage.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syriaheritage.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}