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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kadesh Tell - Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria

Submitted by AlexHunger on Friday, 12 January 2007  Page Views: 10138

Multi-periodSite Name: Kadesh Tell Alternative Name: Qadesh, Tell Nebi Mend
Country: Syria Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Homs  Nearest Village: Kadesh
Latitude: 34.557810N  Longitude: 36.519600E
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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.
4 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
0no data
5

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Kadesh Tell
Kadesh Tell submitted by AlexHunger : Tell overlooking the Kadesh Battlefield where Ramses II and the Hittites waged war about 1300 BCE. Some Assyrian artifacts were found there, but excavation is limited on account of the grave of an Islamic saint as well as a Mosque being locaed on the man made hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria

Tell overlooking the Kadesh Battlefield where Ramses II and the Hittites waged war about 1300 BCE.
Some Assyrian artefacts were found there, but excavation is limited on account of the grave of an Islamic saint as well as a Mosque being located on the man made hill.
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Kadesh Tell
Kadesh Tell submitted by motist : Kadesh Tell Ramses II on his Chariot in the Battle of Kadesh (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kadesh Tell
Kadesh Tell submitted by durhamnature : Old photo from "Syria", an account of French archaeologists, via archive.org Site in Syria (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kadesh Tell
Kadesh Tell submitted by durhamnature (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tell Nebi Mend (Qadesh) (1e)

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The Treaty of Kadesh by davidmorgan on Saturday, 31 July 2010
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Alex Hunger has posted a photo of the Treaty of Kadesh here, found at the Hittite capital at Hattuşa.
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Re: Kadesh Tell by motist on Saturday, 31 July 2010
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The Battle of Kadesh (also Qadesh) took place between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II at the city of Kadesh on the Orontes River, in what is now the Syrian Arab Republic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kadesh
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