Tell Qarqur
Archaeological site located in the Orontes River Valley of western Syria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tell Qarqur (Arabic: تل قرقور) is a major archaeological site located in the Orontes River Valley of western Syria. Situated in a rich alluvial plain known as the Ghab valley, the double-mounded site lies near the modern Syrian town of Jisr ash-Shugur and one kilometer west of the village of Qarqur.
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Arabic: تل قرقور | |
Location | Syria |
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Region | Hama Governorate |
Coordinates | 35.743125°N 36.330306°E / 35.743125; 36.330306 |
Type | tell |
Height | 30 metres (98 ft) |
History | |
Periods | Pre-Pottery Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Mamluk |
Events | Battle of Qarqar (853 BC) |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1983–1984, 1993–2001, 2005–2008 |
Archaeologists | J.M. Lundquist, R. Dornemann, J. Casana |
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