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<< Our Photo Pages >> Tel Afek - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel

Submitted by motist on Thursday, 05 August 2010  Page Views: 3939

Multi-periodSite Name: Tel Afek Alternative Name: Aphik
Country: Israel
NOTE: This site is 13.247 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kiryat Bialik  Nearest Village: Afek
Latitude: 32.845983N  Longitude: 35.112634E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel

Tel Afek, (Hebrew: תל אפק‎), also commonly spelled Aphek, is an archaeological site in Israel's Ein Afek Nature Reserve, east of the town of Kiryat Bialik, north of Haifa.

The site is what remains of the biblical town of Aphik, which is mentioned in the Book of Joshua 19:30 as belonging to the Tribe of Asher. The name is apparently derived from the nearby abundant springs (אפיקים afikim in Hebrew).

The site contains remains from the Middle Bronze Age, the Iron Age, and the Roman Period.

The highlights of the park include the Crusader fortress and the natural water canals and lake, which draw their waters from the year-long flowing springs of Afek, which are the source of the Naaman river.

The massive walls were built in the Bronze Age. According to the Bible, it was strongly defended and was not conquered by the tribe of Asher.

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