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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 |
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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. |
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| Tel Afeq (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Tel Aphek (C,V)
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| Tel Afek (C,V)
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| Aphek (C,V)
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| Antipatris (C,V,S)
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| Antipartris (C,V)
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| Antopatris (C,V)
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| אנטיפטריס (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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| תל אפק (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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| Arethuse (C,V)
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| Arethusa Coele-Syriae (C,V)
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| Pegai (C,V)
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| Kalaat Ras el-'Ain (C,O)
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| Râs el-ʻAin (C,V)
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| Kibbutz Afek (C,U,English-P)
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| קיבוץ אפק (C,U,Hebrew )
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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HaMerkaz (national district) (P) |
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Tel Afeq (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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founded as a fortress in early Hellenic times; declined during the Byzantine period |
| ancient site (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| tell (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| fortress (H) |
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