Kinneret (archaeological site)

Kinneret (Hebrew: כִּנֶּרֶת, romanized: Kīnnereṯ) is the name of an important Bronze and Iron Age city of the ancient Levant situated on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was first mentioned in the 14th century BC Tale of Aqhat of Ugarit, and is also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Older Bible translations spell the name alternatively Kinnereth or Chinnereth, and sometimes in the plural as Chinneroth. In time, the Hebrew name became Gennesaret and Ginosar (גִּנֵּיסַר). The remains of Kinneret have been excavated at a site called Tell el-'Oreimeh (Tell el-‘Orēme) in Levantine Arabic and Tel Kinrot in Modern Hebrew.