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)
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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.