Tell el-Heir
fort · 3300 BC – 2100 AD
An ancient site in the Sinai that was the location of a series of successive fortresses from the Persian through the Roman periods. It may be identifiable with the Greek name Magdolos and/or the Hebrew name Migdol. There is also some speculation that much earlier textual evidence for a fortification of Ramses III should be tied to this site as well.
- Coordinates
- 30.96737, 32.49300
- Also known as
- Magdolos (grc), Migdol (hbo), Tell el-Heir, Tall al-Hair, Tell el-Herr (arz), Μαγδωλος (grc), מִגְדֹּל (hbo), تل الحير (arz)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BYiDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)