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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Aradus , islet and town of ancient Phoenicia, the modern Arwad or Arvad, N of Tripoli 2 mi off the Syrian coast. It was the most northerly of the important Phoenician centers. Author not available, ARADUS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

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...x1E6D;ūs, Syria Antaradus, Constantia, Tortosa Known as Antaradus ‘Town facing (the Island of) Arwād’ (Aradus to the Greeks and Romans), it was rebuilt by Constantine I † and renamed Constantia. By the time the Crusaders captured... Read more

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	City unearths tomb.(News) ; ...resident, dates between the 2nd Century BC and the 2nd Century AD. Months of detective work led experts to the island city of Aradus on the Ile d'Arwad, off the coast of Syria. Now the artefact, part of a tomb, is being returned to a more appropriate home at... Read more
	Syrian artefact to be returned ; ...piece had originated from. It had been bought in 1995. Months of detective work followed, which eventually led to the city of Aradus, on the island of Arwad, off Syria, a site with a complex Phoenician and Roman history. The piece is unusual because of the... Read more

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