Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba World Heritage Site

Official name

Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba | UNESCO

Country

Israel | Map

Continent

Asia

Location

32.5972° Lat, 35.1822° Lon | Map

Code

1108

Time Zone

Asia/Jerusalem (IST, +0200)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2005. Tels (prehistoric settlement mounds), are characteristic of the flatter lands of the eastern Mediterranean, particularly Lebanon, Syria, Israel and eastern Turkey. Of more than 200 tels in Israel, Megiddo, Hazor and Beer Sheba are representative of those that contain substantial remains of cities with biblical connections. The three tels also present some of the best examples in the Levant of elaborate Iron Age, underground water-collecting systems, created to serve dense urban communities. Their traces of construction over the millennia reflect the existence of centralized authority, prosperous agricultural activity and the control of important trade routes.