Hazor

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Canaanite city-state UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient city archaeological site

Hazor was an important ancient Canaanite city-state in northern Israel, known as one of the largest and most influential urban centers in the Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hazor canonical 7
Tel Hazor 3
Lower City of Hazor 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canaanite city-state ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
area approximately 200 hectares at its maximum extent ⓘ
biblicalDescription head of all those kingdoms (Joshua 11:10) ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
culture Canaanites ⓘ
surface form: Canaanite

Israelite ⓘ
destroyedBy fire in the 13th century BCE ⓘ
destroyedIn Late Bronze Age destruction layer ⓘ
elevation approximately 210 meters above sea level ⓘ
excavatedBy Amnon Ben-Tor ⓘ
Yigael Yadin ⓘ
excavationResumed 1990 ⓘ
excavationStart 1955 ⓘ
hasFeature Canaanite temple complexes ⓘ
casemate wall fortifications ⓘ
large water shaft and tunnel system ⓘ
royal palace with basalt orthostats ⓘ
six-chambered gate from Iron Age ⓘ
hasPart Hazor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lower City of Hazor

Hazor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tel Hazor

Hazor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper City of Hazor
knownFor being one of the largest Bronze Age cities in the Levant ⓘ
cuneiform tablet archive fragments ⓘ
massive fortifications ⓘ
monumental Canaanite palace ⓘ
water system ⓘ
languageEvidence Akkadian cuneiform tablets ⓘ
locatedIn Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Galilee ⓘ
surface form: Upper Galilee

northern Israel ⓘ
managedBy Israel Nature and Parks Authority ⓘ
mentionedIn 1 Kings ⓘ
surface form: Book of 1 Kings

Book of Joshua ⓘ
Judges ⓘ
surface form: Book of Judges

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
near Hula Valley ⓘ
modern town of Rosh Pinna ⓘ
partOf Megiddo ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Tels – Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
period Iron Age I ⓘ
Iron Age II ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ
Middle Bronze Age ⓘ
reoccupiedIn Iron Age I ⓘ
tradeConnections Egypt ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 1108 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2005 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Canaan → majorCity → Hazor ⓘ
Ancient Israel → archaeologicalSite → Hazor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tel Hazor
Hazor → hasPart → Hazor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tel Hazor
Hazor → hasPart → Hazor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower City of Hazor
Hazor → hasPart → Hazor self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper City of Hazor
Canaanites → notableCity → Hazor ⓘ
Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions) → associatedWithCity → Hazor ⓘ
subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali
Israelite conquest of Canaan → location → Hazor ⓘ
Canaanite religion → hasCultCenter → Hazor ⓘ
Yigael Yadin → directedExcavation → Hazor ⓘ
Amnon Ben-Tor → workLocation → Hazor ⓘ
Amnon Ben-Tor → notableSiteExcavated → Hazor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tel Hazor