Tell Halif
Tel H̱alif, formerly Tel H̱alifa is an archaeological site, a mound in northern Negev area, west from kibbutz Lahav, Israel.- Type: Heath
- Description: Archaeological site in Israel
- Also known as: “Tel Chalif”, “Tel el Khuweilfe”, and “Tel Halif”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Horvat Rimmon and Horbat Za`aq.
Horvat Rimmon
Archaeological site
Horvat Rimmon, or simply Rimmon, alternatively Khirbet Umm er-Ramanin, is an archaeological site in the southern Judean Lowlands in Israel. Located on a low hill about 500 metres south of Lahav, it preserves the remains of a Jewish village occupied from the late Second Temple period into the early Islamic era. Horvat Rimmon is situated 1¼ km south of Tell Halif.
Horbat Za`aq
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Horbat Za`aq is a ruins, which is situated 3½ km north of Tell Halif.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lahav and Eshkolot.
Lahav
Village
Lahav is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located around 20 km north of Beersheba and covering 33,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 693.
Eshkolot
Village
Eshkolot is a secular Israeli settlement in the southern Judaean Mountains of the West Bank. Located around five kilometers from Lahav, it is organized as a community settlement and falls within the jurisdiction of the Har Hevron Regional Council. Eshkolot is situated 3½ km east of Tell Halif.
Sansana
Village
Sansana is a religious Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located in the southern Judaean Mountains, to the south-west of Hebron and over the Green Line, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Har Hevron Regional Council. Sansana is situated 4 km southeast of Tell Halif.
Tell Halif
- Categories: archaeological site and historic site
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.38266° or 31° 22′ 58″ northLongitude
34.86699° or 34° 52′ 1″ eastOpen location code
8G3P9VM8+3QOpenStreetMap ID
way 576454146OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=heathWikidata ID
Q49004180
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Tell Halif” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل خويلفة”
- Catalan: “Halif”
- Catalan: “Tell Halif”
- Cebuano: “Tel H̱alif”
- Hebrew: “תל חווילפה”
- Hebrew: “תל חליף”
- Persian: “تل حلیف”
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