Tell Halaf
Tell Halaf is an archaeological site in Al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria, a few kilometers from the city of Ras al-Ayn near the Syria–Turkey border. The site, which dates to the sixth millennium BCE, was the first to be excavated from a Neolithic culture, later called the Halaf culture, characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs.- Type: Village with 4,270 residents
- Description: archaeological site in Syria
- Also known as: “Gozana”, “Guzana”, “Halaf”, and “كوزانا”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gozana and Tell Fekheriye.
Gozana
Archaeological site
Susiana or Zazana, Zazannu was an ancient Mesopotamian city or town located by the Euphrates river.
Tell Fekheriye
Archaeological site
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Tell Fekheriye is an ancient site in the Khabur river basin in al-Hasakah Governorate of northern Syria. It is securely identified as the site of Sikkan, attested since c. Tell Fekheriye is situated 3½ km northeast of Tell Halaf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ceylanpınar and Ras al-Ayn.
Ceylanpınar
Town
Ceylanpınar is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,589 km2, and its population is 90,440. On the border with Syria, it is reached by a long straight road D.905 across the plain south from Viranşehir. Ceylanpınar is situated 2½ km northeast of Tell Halaf.
Ras al-Ayn
Town
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Ras al-Ayn, also spelled Ras al-Ain, is a city in al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria, on the Syria–Turkey border. One of the oldest cities in Upper Mesopotamia, the area of Ras al-Ayn has been inhabited since at least the Neolithic age. Ras al-Ayn is situated 4 km northeast of Tell Halaf.
Masjid
Village
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A mosque, also called a masjid, is a place of worship for Muslims. The term usually refers to a covered building, but can be any place where Islamic prayers are performed; such as an outdoor courtyard. Masjid is situated 8 km southeast of Tell Halaf.
Tell Halaf
- Categories: tell, archaeological site, type site, and locality
- Location: Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.82309° or 36° 49′ 23″ northLongitude
40.03955° or 40° 2′ 22″ eastPopulation
4,270Open location code
8H82R2FQ+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 573540773OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q2142541
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Tell Halaf” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل حلف”
- Basque: “Tall Halaf”
- Bulgarian: “Тел Халаф”
- Catalan: “Tell Halaf”
- Chinese: “哈拉夫”
- Chinese: “哈拉夫遗址”
- Chinese: “哈拉夫遺址”
- Dutch: “Guzana”
- Dutch: “Halaf”
- Dutch: “Tell Halaf”
- Estonian: “Tall Ḩalaf”
- French: “Guzana”
- French: “Halaf”
- French: “Tell Halaf”
- German: “Gozan”
- German: “Guzana”
- German: “Tall Halaf”
- German: “Tell Halaf”
- Hebrew: “תל חלף”
- Hungarian: “Tell el-Halaf”
- Italian: “Halaf”
- Italian: “Tell Halaf”
- Japanese: “タッル・ハラフ”
- Japanese: “テル・ハラフ”
- Japanese: “ハラフ文化”
- Japanese: “ハラフ期”
- Korean: “탈할랖”
- Kurdish: “Til Xelef”
- Persian: “تپه حلاف”
- Polish: “Tell Halaf”
- Russian: “Талль-Халаф”
- Russian: “Тель-Халаф”
- Spanish: “Tell Halaf”
- Swedish: “Halaf”
- Tamil: “ஹலாப் தொல்லியல் மேடு”
- Turkish: “Tel Halaf”
- Turkish: “Tell Halaf”
- Urdu: “تل حلف”
- Western Panjabi: “تل حلف”
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