Hypothetical31.2753° N · 34.4698° E · 1346 m
Tell el-Farah North Sector 556
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE)·Israelite·🇮🇱 Negev, Israel
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About Tell el-Farah North Sector 556
Tell el-Farah North Sector 556 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell. Recorded context — Period: Iron Age (1200-586 BCE); Culture: Israelite; Field status: partially excavated; Materials: stone, earth; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Israelite tell.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology
Theories
- 01Ritual model
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2724 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age (1200-586 BCE)
- Culture
- Israelite
- Purpose
- Settlement
- Rediscovered
- 1921
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE)
Initial construction
On the ground
Structures & features
31.2753° N · 34.4698° E · 1346 m · 4 mapped features
- Tell el-Farah North Sector 556 — Principal FeaturestructureTell el-Farah North Sector 55631.2769° N · 34.4687° E
- Tell el-Farah North Sector 556 — Ancillary ComplexcomplexTell el-Farah North Sector 55631.2757° N · 34.4696° E
- Tell el-Farah North Sector 556 — Outlier FeatureoutlierTell el-Farah North Sector 55631.2754° N · 34.4703° E
- Tell el-Farah North Sector 556 — Reservoir/CisternhydraulicTell el-Farah North Sector 55631.2766° N · 34.4697° E