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Tel Haror

מועצה אזורית שדות נגב, Israel

Tel Haror

Tel Haror (also Tel Heror: Hebrew name) or Tell Abu Hureyra (Arabic name; also spelled Hureira and Hareira), is an archaeological site in the western Negev Desert, Israel, northwest of Beersheba, about 20 km east of the Mediterranean Sea, situated on the north bank of Wadi Gerar, a wadi known in Ara

bic as Wadi esh-Sheri'a. During the Middle Bronze Age II it was one of the largest urban centres in the area, occupying about 40 acres. The city contains substantial remains of Middle Bronze Age II through to Persian-period settlement strata.

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