<< Text Pages >> Tel Bet Yerah - Artificial Mound in Israel
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Multi-periodSite Name: Tel Bet Yerah Alternative Name: Khirbet el-KerakCountry: Israel Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Tiberias Nearest Village: Dganya alef
Latitude: 32.711762N Longitude: 35.576482E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Tel Bet Yerah (Khirbet el-Kerak) is the site of a large fortified Early Bronze Age town (25 ha present size, approx. 30 ha [=80 acres] original size) situated at the point where the Jordan River exits Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee).
Described by Albright as "perhaps the most remarkable Bronze Age site in all Palestine", the site was occupied throughout the Early Bronze Age (3500–2300 BCE), and presents the most complete sequence of the
transition from village to city life in ancient Canaan. Built on a raised peninsula near an important crossroads and a
fertile valley, Tel Bet Yerah became a major regional centre, and its fortification systems, city gate, streets and houses reveal elements of advanced urban planning. The monumental Circles Building––the granary of Bet Yerah––is unique in the ancient world
more:
http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/projects/betyerah/index.html
http://www.biblewalks.com/Sites/BeitYerach.html
http://www1.tau.ac.il/pressoffice/english/index.php/press-releases/784-310809
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