Abel-beth-maachah — Wikipedia

Tel Abel Beth Maacah (Hebrew: תל אבל בית מעכה; Arabic: تل آبل القامع, romanized: Tell Abil el-Qameḥ) is a large archaeological tell with a small upper northern section and a large lower southern one, connected by a saddle. It is located on the northern border of present-day Israel, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the town of Metula and about 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) west of Tel Dan. The survey and excavations conducted in recent years have shown that the site had been inhabited during the Bronze and Iron Ages, as well as the Achaemenid, Hellenistic, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader,...