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ID: 1079503
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1079503
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kibbutz Dan (inhabited place)  Kibbutz Dan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 14 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 33.2333  decimal degrees
Long: 035 39 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 35.6500  decimal degrees

Note: Biblical city recorded in Old Testament as being founded by Dan, father of one of the 12 tribes of Israel; Dan was one of the "lost tribes" that disappeared after Assyrian conquest; artifacts date from 17th cen. BC; had massive gates & guard towers.

Names:
Dan (preferred,C,V)
Tell el-Qadi (C,V)
Kibbutz Dan (C,U,English-P)
קיבוץ דן (C,U,Hebrew )
Laish (H,V)  ............ ancient name
Leshem (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Israel (nation)  ........  Israel (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Northern (national district)  ............  Northern (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Kibbutz Dan (inhabited place)  ................  Kibbutz Dan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  inhabited by 1700 BC; modern village was founded adjacent to ancient site in 1939
village (C)
archaeological site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
קיבוץ דן..........  [IMJ]
.................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Dan..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 52
Kibbutz Dan..........  [IMJ Preferred]
.......................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Laish..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 224
Leshem..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 224
Tell el-Qadi..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 224
Subject: .....  [IMJ, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 224
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 52
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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