Tell Qarqur

Tell Qarqur
Arabic: تل قرقور
Photograph of a double, overgrown mound
The upper mound of Tell Qarqur as seen from the northern, lower mound
Tell Qarqur is located in Syria
Tell Qarqur
Shown within Syria
LocationSyria
RegionHama Governorate
Coordinates35°44′35″N 36°19′49″E / 35.743125°N 36.330306°E / 35.743125; 36.330306
Typetell
Height30 metres (98 ft)
History
PeriodsPre-Pottery Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Mamluk
EventsBattle of Qarqar (853 BC)
Site notes
Excavation dates1983–1984, 1993–2001, 2005–2008
ArchaeologistsJ.M. Lundquist, R. Dornemann, J. Casana

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.