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Tel Arshaf (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 11 42 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.1952 decimal degrees |
| Long: 034 48 25 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.8071 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of an ancient city fortress located on a cliff above the Mediterranean Sea. Town was established by Phoenicians in the 6th cen. BCE; was production center for purple dye derived from murex mollusks. Later ruled by Persians, Seleucids, and Romans. Was razed by Mamluks and abandoned, although a few families lived amongst the ruins until 1948. The modern community of Arsuf is located north of the ancient city. |
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| Tel Arshaf (preferred,C,V)
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| Arshaf, Tel (C,V)
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| Arsur (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Arsuf (C,V,S)
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............ | from Arabic transliteration of Reshef |
| Arsūf (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Arsum (C,V)
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| תל ארשף (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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| אַרְסוּף (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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| ארשוף (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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| Arshooph (C,V,Hebrew (transliterated),U)
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| Arsoof (C,V,Hebrew (transliterated),U)
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| أرْسُوف, (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Appolonia (C,V)
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| Apollonia (C,V)
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| Απολλωνία (C,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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| Rishpon (C,V)
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| Reshef (C,V,Phoenician,U)
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............ | named after the the Canaanite god of fertility |
| Resheph (C,V,Phoenician,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| tell (C) |
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| ancient site (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
............ |
since 1994 |
| inhabited place (H) |
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| city (H) |
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| Ancient Roman (H) |
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| Seleucid (H) |
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| Phoenician (H) |
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| fortified settlement (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Arsuf .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Israel, Central District) [7594413] |
| near/adjacent to .... |
Tel Aviv-Jaffa .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Israel, Tel Aviv) [7001369] |
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