Tel Dor

Tel Dor or Tell el-Burj, also Khirbet el-Burj in Arabic, is an archaeological site located on the of the Mediterranean Sea next to modern moshav , about 30 kilometers south of , and 2.5 kilometers west of .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: archaeological site
  • Also known as: “Dawra”, “Dor”, “Dora”, and “Mint of Dora”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Mizgaga Museum and Al-Tantura.

Museum
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is situated 660 metres south of Tel Dor.

Ruins
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Tantura was a Palestinian Arab fishing village located 8 kilometers northwest of on the Mediterranean coast of Mandatory Palestine. Near the village lie the ruins of the ancient Phoenician city of Dor. is situated 1 km south of Tel Dor.

Ruins
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or Capharleth or Kafr Lam is an Early Muslim coastal fortress of the Roman castrum type. Today it is located inside Moshav , , on lands of the now abandoned Arab village of . is situated 2½ km northeast of Tel Dor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nahsholim and Dor.

Village
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is a kibbutz and beach resort in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 717.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located near , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 504.

Village
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is a moshav shitufi in northern . Located 5 km south of and 3 km north of Kibbutz , it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 465. is situated 2½ km northeast of Tel Dor.

Tel Dor

Latitude
32.61837° or 32° 37′ 6″ north
Longitude
34.91735° or 34° 55′ 2″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8G4PJW98+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 367010924
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
295317
Wiki­data ID
Q1243563
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Tel Dor” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خربة البرج (تل دور)”
  • Arabic: “خربة البرج”
  • Catalan: “Dawra”
  • Catalan: “Dor”
  • Catalan: “Dora”
  • Cebuano: “Dor”
  • Dutch: “Tel Dor”
  • Esperanto: “Dor (antikva urbo)”
  • Esperanto: “Dor”
  • Finnish: “Dora (Palestiina)”
  • Finnish: “Dora”
  • French: “Dor (ville)”
  • French: “Tel Dor”
  • German: “Dor (Stadt)”
  • German: “Dor”
  • German: “Tel Dor”
  • Hebrew: “H̱orbat Dor”
  • Hebrew: “דאר”
  • Hebrew: “דור”
  • Hebrew: “חרבת דור”
  • Hebrew: “תל דור”
  • Italian: “Dor (Bibbia)”
  • Italian: “Dor”
  • Japanese: “ドル (イスラエル)”
  • Japanese: “ドル”
  • Kazakh: “Дор”
  • Kirghiz: “Дор”
  • Persian: “تل دور”
  • Russian: “Дор (город)”
  • Russian: “Дор (Израиль)”
  • Russian: “Дор”
  • Russian: “Тель-Дор”
  • Slovenian: “Dor”
  • Slovenian: “Tel Dor”
  • Spanish: “Dawra”
  • Spanish: “Dor”
  • Spanish: “Dora”
  • Spanish: “Tel Dor”
  • Spanish: “Tell Dor”
  • Swedish: “Dor”
  • Turkish: “Dora”
  • Ukrainian: “Тель-Дор”

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