Tel Lachish

Lachish was an ancient Canaanite and later Israelite city in the region of Canaan on the south bank of the . The current tell by that name, known as Tel Lachish or Tell el-Duweir, has been identified with Lachish.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of around 260 metres (870 feet)
  • Description: archaeological site in Israel
  • Also known as
    “Duwayr”
    “Lachish”
    “Lakhish”
    “Tall ad Duweir”
    “Tel Lakhish”
    “Tell Duweir”
    “Tell Lachish”
    “Tell Lakhish”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lakhish and No’am.
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is a moshav in the northern in south-central .
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No'am is a religious moshav in south-central . is situated 6 km west of Tel Lachish.

Tel Lachish

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Latitude
31.56552° or 31° 33′ 56″ north
Longitude
34.84919° or 34° 50′ 57″ east
Open location code
8G3PHR8X+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278477408
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
293363
Wiki­data ID
Q848509

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Tel Lachish” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Λαχεις”
  • Arabic: “لخيش”
  • Basque: “Tel Lakix”
  • Belarusian: “Лахіш”
  • Catalan: “Tel Laquix”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Lakhish”
  • Chinese: “拉吉城”
  • Czech: “Lachiš”
  • Czech: “Lakiš”
  • Dutch: “Lachis”
  • Esperanto: “Laĥiŝa”
  • French: “Lachish”
  • French: “Lakhish”
  • French: “Lakish”
  • French: “Tel Lakish”
  • French: “Tell ed-Duweir”
  • German: “Lachisch”
  • German: “Laḫiš”
  • German: “Tel ed-Duwer”
  • Hebrew: “לכיש”
  • Hebrew: “תל אֶ דֻוֵיר”
  • Hebrew: “תל לכיש”
  • Hungarian: “Lákis”
  • Indonesian: “Lakhis”
  • Italian: “Lachis”
  • Italian: “Lachish”
  • Japanese: “ラキシュ”
  • Korean: “라기스”
  • Korean: “텔 라기스”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lakish”
  • Norwegian: “Lakish”
  • Persian: “تل لاچیش”
  • Polish: “Lakisz”
  • Portuguese: “Laquis”
  • Portuguese: “Tel Laquis”
  • Romanian: “Lahish”
  • Russian: “Лахис”
  • Russian: “Лахиш”
  • Slovak: “Lachíš”
  • Slovenian: “Lakiš”
  • Spanish: “Lakís”
  • Spanish: “Laquis”
  • Swedish: “Lachisch”
  • Tamil: “தெல் லாக்கீசு”
  • Turkish: “Lahiş”
  • Ukrainian: “Лахіш”

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