Tel Saẖar
Tel Saẖar is a mound in Haifa District, Israel. Tel Saẖar is situated nearby to the village Megadim, as well as near the locality Kfar Tzvi Sitrin.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tel Sachar and Atlit camp.
Tel Sachar
Peak
Photo: Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tel Megadim is an archaeological site located on the Carmel coast of Israel, about 2 km north of Atlit and 11 km south of Tel Shiqmona. Excavations there have uncovered significant Middle Bronze Age IIA structures and a notable Persian period settlement, featuring a kurkar stone altar, diverse imported ceramic wares, and horse-and-rider figurines.
Atlit camp
Museum
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The Atlit detainee camp was an internment camp established by the authorities of Mandatory Palestine in the late 1930s on what is now the Israeli coastal plain, 20 kilometres south of Haifa.
Atlit Yam
Archaeological site
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Atlit Yam is a submerged Pre Pottery Neolithic C archaeological site located 300–400 meters off the coast of Atlit, Israel. Dating from the late 7th to the early 6th millennia BCE, Atlit Yam provides the earliest known evidence for a community relying on pastoralism, agriculture, and fishing as subsistence systems on the Levantine coast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Megadim and Hahotrim.
Megadim
Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Megadim is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the Mediterranean coast near Atlit and Highway 4, about 12 kilometres south of Haifa, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,215.
Hahotrim
Village
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HaHotrim is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located near Tirat Carmel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 941. Hahotrim is situated 3 km north of Tel Saẖar.
Atlit
Town
Photo: Iliakriv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Atlit is a coastal town located south of Haifa, Israel. The community is in the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council in the Haifa District of Israel. Off the coast of Atlit is a submerged Neolithic village. Atlit is situated 4 km south of Tel Saẖar.
Tel Saẖar
- Type: Mound
- Also known as: “Tel Sahar”
- Category: landform
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.72413° or 32° 43′ 27″ northLongitude
34.94794° or 34° 56′ 53″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8G4PPWFX+M5GeoNames ID
9978339
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In Other Languages
“Tel Saẖar” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “Tel Saẖar”
- Hebrew: “תל סחר”
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