Tell Abu Hawam
Tell Abu Hawam is the site of a small city established in the Late Bronze Age in the area of modern-day Haifa, Israel. It was known to the Crusaders as Latin: Cayphas Vetusta and Latin: Vetus Cayphas.- Type: Mound
- Description: bronze age city in Israel
- Also known as: “Vetus Cayphas”, “אבו הואם”, “אבו הוואם”, and “תל אבו הוואם”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Railway Museum and Beit Abba Hushi.
Railway Museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Halisa and Nave Sha’anan.
Hadar HaCarmel
Suburb
Photo: Tomer chelouche, Public domain.Tell Abu Hawam
- Categories: tell, archaeological site, human settlement, and landform
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.80198° or 32° 48′ 7″ north
Longitude
35.01737° or 35° 1′ 3″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
8G4QR228+QW
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Tell Abu Hawam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل أبو الهوام”
- Bengali: “টেল আবু হাওয়াম”
- French: “Tell Abou Hawam (ancien port)”
- French: “Tell Abou Hawam”
- German: “Tell Abu Hawam”
- German: “Tell Abu-Hawam”
- Hebrew: “תל אבו הואם”
- Italian: “Tell Abu Hawam”
- Javanese: “Tell Abu Hawam”
- Latin: “Cayphas Vetusta”
- Persian: “تل ابوهوام”
- Russian: “Тель-Абу-Хавам”
- Russian: “Тель-Абу-Хуам”
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Places to explore: Ge’ula and Wardiyya.
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Highlights: Gesher Gibborim and Kishon River.
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