Tel Shikmona
Ancient Phoenician tell on the eastern Mediterranean seacoast near Haifa, Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tell es-Samak (Arabic: تل السمك, romanized: Tell as-Samak), or Tel Shikmona (Hebrew: תל שִׁקְמוֹנָה, romanized: Šiqmônah), also spelt Sycamine,[1] is an ancient Phoenician tell (mound) situated near the sea coast in the modern city of Haifa, Israel, just south of the Israeli National Institute of Oceanography. It has been called a "forgotten Phoenician site".[2] Nowadays researchers identify Tell es-Samak with Porphyreon (south).
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تل السمك | |
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Region | Haifa |
Coordinates | 32°49′30″N 34°57′19″E |
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