|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research Home
Tools Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vernacular Display | English Display |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Click the icon to view the hierarchy. |
|
|
Tel Afeq (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 32 06 18 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.1056 decimal degrees |
Long: 034 55 55 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.9322 decimal degrees |
|
Note: Site of important ancient town on the Via Maris; among towns rebuilt in 63 BCE by Pompey; Herod the Great built a new town on the site, naming it in honor of his father Antipater; ruins include a Turkish citadel & a Roman mausoleum. |
Names: |
|
Tel Afeq (preferred,C,V,English,U)
|
Tel Aphek (C,V)
|
Tel Afek (C,V)
|
Aphek (C,V)
|
Antipatris (C,V,S)
|
Antipartris (C,V)
|
Antopatris (C,V)
|
אנטיפטריס (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
|
תל אפק (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
|
Arethuse (C,V)
|
Arethusa Coele-Syriae (C,V)
|
Pegai (C,V)
|
Kalaat Ras el-'Ain (C,O)
|
Râs el-ʻAin (C,V)
|
Kibbutz Afek (C,U,English-P)
|
קיבוץ אפק (C,U,Hebrew )
|
|
Hierarchical Position: |
|
|
.... |
Asia (continent) (P) |
|
............ |
HaMerkaz (national district) (P) |
|
................ |
Tel Afeq (deserted settlement) (P) |
|
Place Types: |
|
deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
............ |
founded as a fortress in early Hellenic times; declined during the Byzantine period |
ancient site (C) |
|
archaeological site (C) |
|
tell (C) |
|
inhabited place (H) |
|
fortress (H) |
|
|
Sources and Contributors: |
|
|
|