Tel Arad

Tel Arad or Tell 'Arad is an archaeological site consisting of a lower section and a tell or mound. It is located west of the , about 10 kilometres west of the Israeli city of in an area surrounded by mountain ridges which is known as the Arad Plain.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site west of the Dead Sea, Israel
  • Also known as: “‘Arad”, “‘Arod”, “Arad”, “Arod”, “Tall ‘Arud”, “Tel `Arad”, and “Tell ‘Urād”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yatir winery.

Winery
is an Israeli winery in Tel Arad, . Yatir’s vineyards are situated on a hill 900 meters above sea level on the outskirts of . is situated 2 km south of Tel Arad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Makchul and Kuseife.

Village
Makhul is a Bedouin village in the desert in southern . Located near Tel Arad, it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 2,105. is situated 5 km west of Tel Arad.

Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Kseifa is a Bedouin town organized as a local council in the of . was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to plan and build towns for Negev Bedouins. is situated 5 km southwest of Tel Arad.

Village
Photo: Yoavd, Public domain.
, also known as Draijat, is an Arab village in southern . Located in the desert near , between and the , it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Regional Council. In 2024 its population was 581. is situated 5 km northwest of Tel Arad.

Tel Arad

Latitude
31.27991° or 31° 16′ 48″ north
Longitude
35.1255° or 35° 7′ 32″ east
Elevation
568 metres (1,864 feet)
Open location code
8G3Q74HG+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278473085
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
293405
Wiki­data ID
Q2063578
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tel Arad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تل عراد”
  • Catalan: “Arad”
  • Catalan: “Tel ‘Arad”
  • Catalan: “Tel Arad”
  • Cebuano: “Tel ‘Arad”
  • Czech: “Tel Arad”
  • Dutch: “Tel Arad”
  • French: “Tel Arad”
  • Galician: “Tel Arad”
  • German: “Arad”
  • German: “Tel Arad”
  • German: “Tel-Arad-Nationalpark”
  • German: “Tell Arad”
  • Hebrew: “תל ערד”
  • Hebrew: “תל-ערד”
  • Japanese: “テル・アラド”
  • Kirghiz: “Тель-Арад”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tel Arad”
  • Norwegian: “Tel Arad”
  • Persian: “تل آراد”
  • Polish: “Tel Arad”
  • Russian: “Национальный парк Тель-Арад”
  • Russian: “Тель-Арад”
  • Serbian: “Тел Арад”
  • Spanish: “Tel Arad”
  • Spanish: “Tell Arad”
  • Ukrainian: “національний парк Тель-Арад”
  • Ukrainian: “Тель-Арад”
  • Urdu: “تل عراد”

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