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Qaqun

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Carolin Johansson, Rune Rattenborg

Contributors: Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Dec 07, 2025 12:03 PM — History

tags: ANE, Cuneiform

Settlement mound from Assyrian times, with medieval ruins.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/978851914

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.3593, 34.9951

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Qaqun (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- קאקון (Qaqun: Modern Hebrew)

Qaqun makes connections with:

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Qaqun receives connections from:

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Place type:
archaeological site

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Carolin Johansson, Rune Rattenborg, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Qaqun: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/978851914> [accessed: 15 January 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/978851914 |title=Places: 978851914 (Qaqun) |author=Johansson, C., R. Rattenborg |accessdate=January 15, 2026 2:50 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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