Khirbet Kerak
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Khirbet Kerak or Khirbat al-Karak or Beth Yerah is a tell located on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee in modern-day Israel. The tell spans an area of over 50 acres—one of the largest in the Le
Tel Beth Yerah
Beth Yerah Pottery
Khirbet Kerak (or Beth Yerah) pottery from Early Bronze Age
Kura–Araxes culture
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The Kura–Araxes culture was an archaeological culture that existed from about 4000 BC until about 2000 BC, which has traditionally been regarded as the date of its end; in some locations it may have d
Khirbet Kerak
…parts of the Levant, including Jericho, Beth Shan, Tell Judeideh, and Ugarit. Khirbet Kerak culture appears to have been a Levantine version of the Early Transcaucasian culture, also known as the Kura-Araxes or Kur-Araz culture. The tell of Khirbet Kerak lies where the Sea of Galilee empties into the Jordan River and the terrain…
Kura–Araxes pottery fragments and obsidian from the Shengavit settlement.
Pottery
Persia with part of the Ottoman Empire, 1872