Khirbet Kerak

Khirbet Kerak or Khirbat al-Karak or Beth Yerah is a tell located on the southern shore of the in modern-day . The tell spans an area of over 50 acres—one of the largest in the Levant—and contains remains dating from the Early Bronze Age and from the Persian period through to the Early Islamic period.
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  • Type: Mound with an elevation of -194 metres
  • Description: archaeological site in Israel
  • Also known as: “Tel Beit Yarah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Al-Sinnabra and Yardenit baptism site.

Ruins
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or Sinn en-Nabra, is the Arabic place name for a historic site on the southern shore of the in modern-day . The ancient site lay on a spur from the hills that close the southern end of the Sea of Galilee, next to which towards its south being the tell, Khirbet Kerak or Bet Yerah, one of the largest in the , spanning an area of over 50 acres.

Church
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Yardenit, also known as the Yardenit Baptismal Site, is a baptism site located along the in the Galilee region of northern Israel, which is frequented by Christian pilgrims.

Museum
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or Kinneret Courtyard was an experimental training farm established in 1908 in Ottoman Palestine by the Palestine Bureau of the Zionist Organization led by Arthur Ruppin, at the same time as, and next to , a moshava-type village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moshavat Kinneret and Kvutzat Kinneret.

Village
Kinneret, also known as to distinguish it from the neighbouring settlement of , is a moshava on the southwestern shore of the in .

Village
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, also known as Kibbutz Kinneret, is a kibbutz in northern . The settlement group was established in 1913, and moved from the Kinneret training farm to the permanent location in 1929.

Village
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is a kibbutz in northern Israel. The Jewish community was founded in 1910, making it the earliest Labor Zionist farming commune in Palestine.

Khirbet Kerak

Latitude
32.71703° or 32° 43′ 1″ north
Longitude
35.57126° or 35° 34′ 17″ east
Elevation
-194 metres (-636 feet)
Open location code
8G4QPH8C+RG
Geo­Names ID
8309909
Wiki­data ID
Q2063503
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Serbian—“Khirbet Kerak” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “Khirbet Kerak”
  • Arabic: “خربة الكرك”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xirbet-Kerak”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Bet Yeraẖ (arkiyolohiyang dapit)”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Bet Yeraẖ”
  • Dutch: “Khirbet Kerak”
  • Finnish: “Filotera (Palestiina)”
  • Finnish: “Filotera”
  • French: “Al-Sinnabra”
  • French: “Bet Yerah”
  • French: “Tel Bet Yerah”
  • Greek: “Κιρμπέτ Κεράκ”
  • Greek: “Φιλωτερία Παλαιστίνης”
  • Greek: “Φιλωτερία”
  • Hebrew: “Tel Beit Yarah”
  • Hebrew: “Tel Bet Yeraẖ”
  • Hebrew: “אלכרכ”
  • Hebrew: “הכרך”
  • Hebrew: “צינברי”
  • Hebrew: “תל בית ירח”
  • Italian: “Beth Yerah”
  • Italian: “Khirbet Kerak”
  • Polish: “Chirbet Kerak”
  • Russian: “Бейт Йерах”
  • Russian: “Бейт-Йерах”
  • Russian: “Бет Иерах”
  • Russian: “Бет Йерах”
  • Russian: “Бет-Иерах”
  • Russian: “Бет-Йерах”
  • Serbian: “Кирберт Керак”

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