Tell el-Mutesellim

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ancient settlement mound archaeological site tell

Tell el-Mutesellim is the archaeological mound of ancient Megiddo in northern Israel, a strategically vital site famous for its many layers of settlement and its association with the biblical Armageddon.

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Label Occurrences
Tell el-Mutesellim canonical 2
Tell el-Mutesellim report 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient settlement mound ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
tell ⓘ
associatedWith biblical Megiddo ⓘ
concept of Armageddon ⓘ
battleSiteOf Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE) ⓘ
Battle of Megiddo (1918) ⓘ
coordinatesType geographic coordinates ⓘ
correspondsTo Megiddo ⓘ
surface form: ancient city of Megiddo
country Israel ⓘ
excavatedBy Gottlieb Schumacher ⓘ
Israel Finkelstein ⓘ
Oriental Institute Museum ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

Tel Aviv University expeditions ⓘ
Yigael Yadin ⓘ
excavationBegan early 20th century ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalImportance key reference site for Bronze and Iron Age chronology in the Levant ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalMethod stratigraphic excavation ⓘ
hasCulturalPeriod Early Bronze Age ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Iron Age I ⓘ
Iron Age II ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
Middle Bronze Age ⓘ
Persian period ⓘ
hasFeature administrative buildings ⓘ
city gate complex ⓘ
cultic areas ⓘ
fortification walls ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
rock-cut water shaft ⓘ
tunnel to spring ⓘ
hasNameInArabic Tell el-Mutesellim self-link ⓘ
hasNameInHebrew Tel Megiddo National Park ⓘ
surface form: Tel Megiddo
hasNumberOfOccupationLayers more than 20 ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor monumental city gates ⓘ
multiple superimposed settlement layers ⓘ
palatial structures ⓘ
stables traditionally attributed to King Solomon ⓘ
water system and tunnel ⓘ
locatedIn Jezreel Valley ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Lower Galilee region

Northern District, Israel ⓘ
management Israel Nature and Parks Authority ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
nearbySettlement Kibbutz Megiddo ⓘ
overlooks Jezreel Valley ⓘ
partOf Megiddo National Park ⓘ
significance key site for Levantine archaeology ⓘ
major Bronze Age and Iron Age urban center ⓘ
strategic control point on routes between Egypt and Mesopotamia ⓘ
tourism open to visitors ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2005 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteGroup Biblical Tels – Megiddo Hazor Beer Sheba ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Tels – Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
UNESCOSiteId 1108 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteName Megiddo ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Megiddo → knownAs → Tell el-Mutesellim ⓘ
Tell el-Mutesellim → hasNameInArabic → Tell el-Mutesellim self-link ⓘ
Gottlieb Schumacher → notableWork → Tell el-Mutesellim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tell el-Mutesellim report