Tell Abu al-Kharaz
Tell Abu al-Kharaz is an archeological tell in the Irbid Governorate of modern-day Jordan. Tell Abu al-Kharaz was the site of a fortified town during the Bronze and Iron Ages; it is located in the Jordan Valley, 4 kilometers east of the Jordan River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pella and Tirat Zvi.
Pella
Photo: IGEO map, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pella was an ancient city in what is now northwest Jordan, and contains ruins from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Canaanite, Hellenistic and Islamic periods.
Tirat Zvi
Village
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
Tirat Zvi is a religious kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley, ten kilometers south of the city of Beit She'an, Israel, just west of the Jordan River and the Israel-Jordan border. Tirat Zvi is situated 7 km west of Tell Abu al-Kharaz.
Kfar Ruppin
Village
Photo: Omer bern, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kfar Ruppin is a kibbutz in the Beit She'an Valley, about 5 km southeast of Beit She'an in northern Israel. A member of the Kibbutz Movement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 606. Kfar Ruppin is situated 7 km northwest of Tell Abu al-Kharaz.
Tell Abu al-Kharaz
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archeological site in Jordan
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Irbid Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.39908° or 32° 23′ 57″ northLongitude
35.59442° or 35° 35′ 40″ eastOpen location code
8G4Q9HXV+JQOpenStreetMap ID
way 800125627OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1678800
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hebrew—“Tell Abu al-Kharaz” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل أبو الخرز”
- German: “Tell Abu al-Kharaz”
- Hebrew: “תל אבו חאראז”
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