Tel Bet Yerah/Khirbet el-Kerak

settlement · 3000 BC – 2100 AD

An ancient settlement, represented by a massive mound located on the southern coast of the Sea of Galilee, now partly covered by modern structures. Recurrent periods of habitation on the site date from at least the third milennium BCE to Islamic times.

Coordinates

32.71386, 35.57339

Also known as

Khirbet Kerak, Khirbet al-Kerak, Khirbet al-Karak (arb), Philoteria, Tel Bet Yeraẖ, Tel Beth Yerah, Tel Beit Yerah, Tel Beth Yerak (he), תל בית ירח (he), خربة الكرك (arb)

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)

See Tel Bet Yerah/Khirbet el-Kerak on the map →