گاملا
Sign in to saveGamla (), also Gamala, was an ancient Jewish town on the Golan Heights. Believed to have been founded as a Seleucid fort during the Syrian Wars, it transitioned into a predominantly Jewish settlement that came under Hasmonean rule in 81 BCE. The town's name reflects its location on a high, elongated ridge with steep slopes resembling a camel's hump.
Key facts
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 67 CE
- Ancient site.name
- Gamla
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Al-Sunâm ("Camel's Hump")
- Ancient site.caption
- The acropolis of Gamla
- Ancient site.map_type
- Syria Golan
- Ancient site.map_size
- 250
- Ancient site.relief
- 1
- Ancient site.location
- Golan Heights
- Ancient site.type
- Ancient fortification and town
- Ancient site.material
- Basalt
- Ancient site.built
- 3rd century BCE
- Ancient site.epochs
- Hellenistic to Roman Empire
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1978–2000
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Shmarya Guttman, Itzhaki Gal, Zvi Yavor, Danny Syon
- Ancient site.management
- INPA
- Ancient site.public_access
- yes
- Ancient site.website
- en.parks.org.il/reserve-park/gamla-nature-reserve
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Golan Heights
- Official website
- en.parks.org.il/reserve-park/gamla-nature-reserve
- Image
- Golan Heights - Gamla view.jpg
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- Commons gallery
- Gamla
- located in protected area
- Gamla nature reserve
- Commons category
- Gamla
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- native label
- גמלא
- point in time
- 0067-01-01
- director of archaeological fieldwork
- Shmarya Guttman
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Gallery (16)
On the map
3 mapped locations