Tell el-Heir
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Bernand
Creators: A. Bernand
Contributors:
DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jul 12, 2023 06:08 PM
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History
An ancient site in the Sinai that was the location of a series of successive fortresses from the Persian through the Roman periods. It may be identifiable with the Greek name Magdolos and/or the Hebrew name Migdol. There is also some speculation that much earlier textual evidence for a fortification of Ramses III should be tied to this site as well.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727152
30.9673676531, 32.4930033098
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Grenzfestung des Ramses III (1548 BC - 1086 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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fort, settlement
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 G3 Magdolos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tell el-Heir?
A. Bernand, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Tell el-Heir: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727152> [accessed: 16 November 2024]
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