Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Tel Dan Nature Reserve Dan ( Hebrew : דן ), and older name Laish, is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible , described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel , [ 1 ] and belonging to the tribe of Dan , its namesake.
The Tel Dan Stele is a fragmentary stele containing an Aramaic inscription which dates to the 9th century BCE. It is the earliest known extra-biblical archaeological reference to the house of David. [1] [2] The stele was discovered in 1993 in Tel-Dan by Gila Cook, a member of an archaeological team led by Avraham Biran.
[100] [101] In accordance with the same process, a nearby parcel of land that included the ancient site of Tel Dan and the Dan spring were transferred from Syria to Palestine early in 1924. The Golan Heights, including the spring at Wazzani and the one at Banias , became part of French Syria , while the Sea of Galilee was placed entirely within ...
The Dan (Hebrew: דן, romanized: Dan; Arabic: اللدان, romanized: Leddan) is a tributary of the Jordan River. [1] The sources of the Dan are multiple springs emerging from Tel Dan along underground fault lines. [2] The Dan River joins the Hasbani River at a point in northern Israel to form the River Jordan. [3]
Avraham Biran (Hebrew: אברהם בירן, born 23 October 1909 – 16 September 2008) was an Israeli archaeologist, best known for heading excavations at Tel Dan in northern Israel. He headed the Institute of Archaeology at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem for many years.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tel_Dan_Nature_Reserve&oldid=690747586"
[54] [75] [76] Eusebius of Caesarea accurately places Dan/Laish in the vicinity of Paneas at the fourth mile on the route to Tyre. [76] Eusebius's identification was confirmed by E Robinson in 1838 and subsequently by archaeological excavations at both Tel Dan and Caesarea Philippi.
Dan (Hebrew: דָּן) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the north of the Hula Valley , at the foot of Mount Hermon , it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council . As of 2022 it had a population of 799.