תל כיסון · تل كيسان | |
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| Alternative name | Tel Kisson, Tel Kison |
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| Location | Israel |
| Region | Galilee |
| Coordinates | 32°52′23.16″N 35°9′2.88″E / 32.8731000°N 35.1508000°E |
| Palestine grid | 164/253 |
| Area | 15 Acres, 6.07 Hectares |
| History | |
| Periods | Bronze Age, Iron Age/Phoenician, Assyrian, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine |
Tell Keisan, تل كيسان (Arabic name meaning "the mound of treachery" [1]) or Tel Kisson, תל כיסון (Hebrew name), is an archaeological site located 8 km (5.0 mi) from the Mediterranean coast in the Galilee region of Israel between Haifa and Akko.[2] The tell is approximately 15 acres in size[3] and is composed of the accumulated ruins of many large cities dating back to the Chalcolithic period.[4]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 117
- ^ Bruce, 2009, p. 379
- ^ Markoe, Glenn (2000). Phoenicians. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520226142.
- ^ "Tel Kisson". biblewalks.com. Retrieved 2018-04-29.