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Tur'an
Tur'an ( ar, طرعان, he, תֻּרְעָן) is a local council in the Northern District of Israel. It is located at the foot of Mount Tur'an and the Tur'an Valley, near the main road from Haifa to Tiberias, and about north of Nazareth. In it had a population of , most of whom are Israeli Arabs. History Iron Age Pottery and building remains from the Iron Age I have been excavated in the northwestern part of the village. Apparently Tur'an was at that time (10–9th centuries BCE) surrounded by a city wall. Apparently it was of a considerable size in the late tenth to the mid-ninth centuries BCE. The massive wall, (width c. 2.4 m), probably enclosed an area of about 25 dunams, and has frm pottery remains been dated to Iron Age IIA (ninth century BCE). The PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) found caves and rock-cut cisterns in the village, which they noted appeared to be an ancient site. Classical Antiquity and Middle Ages The village was known in the Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tur'an Valley
Tur'an ( ar, طرعان, he, תֻּרְעָן) is a Local council (Israel), local council in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. It is located at the foot of Mount Tur'an and the Tur'an Valley, near the Highway 77 (Israel), main road from Haifa to Tiberias, and about north of Nazareth. In it had a population of , most of whom are Arab citizens of Israel, Israeli Arabs. History Iron Age Pottery and building remains from the Iron Age#Near East timeline, Iron Age I have been excavated in the northwestern part of the village. Apparently Tur'an was at that time (10–9th centuries BCE) surrounded by a city wall. Apparently it was of a considerable size in the late tenth to the mid-ninth centuries BCE. The massive wall, (width c. 2.4 m), probably enclosed an area of about 25 dunams, and has frm pottery remains been dated to Iron Age IIA (ninth century BCE). The Palestine Exploration Fund, PEF's PEF Survey of Palestine, ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SW ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |