Tell El Ghassil

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|region = Bekaa Valley

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|type = Tell (mound)

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|excavations = 1966

|archaeologists = Lorraine Copeland, Peter J. Wescombe

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Tell El Ghassil is an archaeological site located {{convert|11|km|mi}} north northeast of Rayak in the Beqaa Mohafazat (Governorate) of Lebanon.

History

It dates at least to the Chalcolithic period.{{cite book|author1=Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut|author2=Lebanon)|title=Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph, pp.54|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lhEOAAAAYAAJ|access-date=25 March 2011|year=1969|publisher=Impr. catholique}} See finds of the Middle Bronze and Tomb 1, followed by the Late Bronze I.{{cite journal | url=https://www.academia.edu/4339883 | title=Middle Bronze Age Pottery from Tell Hizzin, Lebanon | journal=Berytus 53-54, 2010-2011 | date=January 2013 | last1=Genz | first1=Hermann }}{{Cite journal |last=Badre |first=Leila |date=1982 |title=Tell el-Ghassil : Tomb 1 |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/mom_0244-5689_1982_ant_12_1_1194 |journal=MOM Éditions |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=123–132}}

Among finds are Tell el-Yehudiyeh Ware.

Tell El Ghassil

History

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