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Multi-periodSite Name: EkalteCountry: Syria Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Aleppo Nearest Village: Tall Munbaqa
Latitude: 36.228060N Longitude: 38.129720E
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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Ancient Village or Settlement in
early Bronze age site in what is now Syria. The setlment would have been later part of the Hittite empire and then the Assyrian empire. The town was even devastated by Thuthmose III in one of his campaigns against the Hittites.
The are has been excavated the Technische Universität harburg, in Hamburg.
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