Tel Halif
Tel H̱alif, formerly Tel H̱alifa is an archaeological site, a mound in northern Negev area, west from kibbutz Lahav, Israel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Archaeological site in Israel
- Also known as: “Khuwaylifa”, “Tall Khuweilifa”, “Tel Chalif”, “Tel el Khuweilfe”, “Tel Hualfa”, “Tel Tsiqlag”, “Tel Ziklag”, “Tel Ẕiqlag”, and “Tell Khuweilifa”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Horvat Rimmon and Horbat Za`aq.
Horvat Rimmon
Archaeological site
Horvat Rimmon, or simply Rimmon, alternatively Khirbet Umm er-Ramamin, is an archaeological site in the southern Judean Lowlands in Israel. Located on a low hill about 500 metres south of Lahav, it preserves the remains of a Jewish village occupied from the late Second Temple period into the early Islamic era. Horvat Rimmon is situated 1¼ km south of Tel Halif.
Horbat Za`aq
Ruins
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Horbat Za`aq is a ruins, which is situated 3½ km north of Tel Halif.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lahav and Eshkolot.
Lahav
Village
Lahav is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located around 20 km north of Beersheba and covering 33,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 675.
Eshkolot
Village
Eshkolot is a secular Israeli settlement in the southern Judaean Mountains of the West Bank. Located around five kilometers from Lahav, it is organized as a community settlement and falls within the jurisdiction of the Har Hevron Regional Council. Eshkolot is situated 4 km east of Tel Halif.
Sansana
Village
Sansana is a religious Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, to the south-west of Hebron and over the Green Line, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. Sansana is situated 4 km southeast of Tel Halif.
Tel Halif
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Tel Halif” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل خويلفة”
- Catalan: “Halif”
- Catalan: “Tell Halif”
- Cebuano: “Tel H̱alif”
- Hebrew: “Tel H̱alif”
- Hebrew: “תל חווילפה”
- Hebrew: “תל חליף”
- Persian: “تل حلیف”
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