Tel Bet Yeraẖ

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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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, 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.

Tel Bet Yeraẖ

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
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In Other Languages

“Tel Bet Yeraẖ” goes by many names.
  • Hebrew: “Tel Bet Yeraẖ”
  • Hebrew: “תל בית ירח”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Khirbet Kerak and Ohalo II.

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