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Figure 6. The Temple of Baal urban connections. (A) The relationship between the Temple of Baal and the lower city. Image produced by the author using
AutoCAD software and based on the author’s fieldwork in 2013. (B) The remains of the street connecting the Temple of Baal to the lower city. 15

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Figure 7. Temple of Baal, Ugarit. (A) The temple’s plan. Plan produced by the author using AutoCAD software and based on the author’s fieldwork in 2013
and Callot’s analysis. (B) North Hall, the most holy place in the 1930s. (C) North Hall and South Hall in the 1930s. 15
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very thick (1.5 m), which indicates the high and thick walls Callot proposed that the main entrance of the temple
constructed to the very top. The difference in thickness and would have had two timber columns with a stone base,
depth between the foundations of the north and south halls similar to most discovered temples in Syria. Although no
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indicates a different height for each hall: the South Hall was direct evidence was found, this feature is common in the
only one story high, while the North Hall had one or two city’s houses and the Royal Palace. These columns, along
additional levels, as Callot proposed. From the remains, with the two antes, created a portico, with two side spaces
the South Hall appears to be a very simple space, perhaps that accommodated the god’s stelae, which were discovered
a large vestibule without specific architectural features. The outside the building. This monumental access system
temple’s entrance to this hall was also equipped with stone supports the assumption that the South Hall functioned
steps, raising the temple’s ground floor above the courtyard as a large vestibule or gathering space. The North Hall
level, further highlighting the building’s importance among is much more complex. It comprises the remains of
its surrounding facilities (Figure 8A). different structural elements, and the thicker foundations

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