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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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 568 metres (1,864 feet)
  • Description: archaeological site west of the Dead Sea, Israel
  • Also known as
    “Arad”
    “Arod”
    “Tall ‘Arud”
    “Tell ‘Urād”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yatir winery.
is an Israeli winery in Tel Arad, . is situated 2 km south of Tel Arad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Makchul and Kuseife.
Makhul is a Bedouin village in the desert in southern . is situated 5 km west of Tel Arad.
or Kseifa is a Bedouin town organized as a local council in the of . is situated 5 km southwest of Tel Arad.
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, also known as Draijat, is an Arab village in southern . is situated 5 km northwest of Tel Arad.

Tel Arad

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Latitude
31.27991° or 31° 16′ 48″ north
Longitude
35.1255° or 35° 7′ 32″ east
Open location code
8G3Q74HG+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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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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