Historical place profile
Tel Hazor
Tel Hazor (Hebrew: תל חצור) is an archaeological site located in the southern Hula Valley overlooking Lake Merom. From the Middle Bronze Age to the Israelite period in the ninth century B.C., Hazor was the largest fortified city in the region. It served as a commercial center with links to Babylon and Syria. In the Book of Joshua, Hazor is described as “the head of all those kingdoms” (Josh. 11:10).
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:779967430
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:779967430
- Place type
- archaeological-site, settlement
- Coordinates
- 33.019181, 35.566769
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Tel Hazor (Hebrew: תל חצור) is an archaeological site located in the southern Hula Valley overlooking Lake Merom. From the Middle Bronze Age to the Israelite period in the ninth century B.C., Hazor was the largest fortified city in the region. It served as a commercial center with links to Babylon and Syria. In the Book of Joshua, Hazor is described as “the head of all those kingdoms” (Josh. 11:10).
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
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Research path
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