Tel Erani

settlement · 10000 BC – 2100 AD

One of the largest Early Bronze Age mounds in the southern Levant, located approximately 20 km east of Ashkelon. The site shows signs of habitation as early as the Chalcolithic Era, with a significant remains from the Bronze Age and additional remains from the Iron Age, Persian, Hellenistic, and Islamic periods.

Coordinates

31.61123, 34.78534

Also known as

Tall Sheikh al `Areini, Tall Sheikh al ‘Areini, Tel 'Erani, Tel Gat, Tel `Erani, Tel ‘Erani, Tel ‘Erani, Tel Erani, Tell Erani, Tel ‘Areini, Tel Areyny (he), Tell Sheykh Ahmed el Areyny, תל ערני, תל ערני (he), تل الشيخ أحمد العريني, テル・エラニ

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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