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Also known as Maacah

thumb|250px|Tel Abel Beth Maacah, picture taken from the road in 1945

Wikidata facts

Instance of
city
Country
Israel
Official website
www.abel-beth-maacah.org
Image
Morgan-bible-fl-46.jpg
Work location
Sheba
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Commons category
Tel Abel Beth Maacah
time period
Iron Age
located in/on physical feature
Palestine
different from
Maacah
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Encyclopedic overview

28 sections
Contents
  • The site
  • Etymology
  • Identification
  • Second millennium BCE and biblical references
  • Exploration history
  • Past explorations
  • Current project
  • 2012 survey; habitation periods
  • Excavation and findings
  • Excavation areas
  • Middle Bronze II
  • Area F
  • Area O
  • Area B
  • Late Bronze Age
  • Area F
  • Area O
  • Area A
  • Iron Age I
  • Area F
  • Area A
  • Iron Age I, II and Persian–Early Hellenistic period in Area B
  • Area K fortifications
  • Field reports
  • Significant discoveries
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

thumb|250px|Tel Abel Beth Maacah, picture taken from the road in 1945

Tel Abel Beth Maacah (; ) is a large archaeological tell with a small upper northern section and a large lower southern one, connected by a saddle. It is located on the northern border of present-day Israel, about south of the town of Metula and about west of Tel Dan.

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