Bet Yerah, the Early Bronze Age mound II : urban structure and material culture 1933-1986 excavations

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Bet Yerah, the Early Bronze Age mound II : urban structure and material culture 1933-1986 excavations

Author

Greenberg; Raphael

Year

2014

Publisher

Israel Antiquities Authority / ____ _______

Language

English

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978-9-65406-450-7

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30-Jul-2026

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Archaeology

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Tel Bet Yeraḥ (NIG 25370–25440/73530–73630; OIG 20370–20440/23530–23630) lies on the southwestern shore of Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee), the largest body of sweet water in the Levant, and their fortunes have always been intimately linked. The Kinneret basin, part of the Dead Sea Rift (Jordan Valley), is 30 km long, has a maximum width of 15 km, and averages about 200 m below sea level. It is occupied by Lake Kinneret and lowlands to the northeast, west, and south (Fig. 1.1). The lake (modern water level approximately 212 m below sea level) is divided into...