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Tell Bar Elias

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Tell Bar Elias
Location2km north of Bar Elias
RegionBekaa Valley
TypeTell
History
CulturesEarly Bronze Age
Site notes
Excavation dates1933, 1966
ArchaeologistsR. Saidah, A. Kushke, A. Jirku, Lorraine Copeland, Peter J. Wescombe
ConditionRuins
Public accessYes

Tell Bar Elias is an archaeological site 2 km north of the Chtaura to Damascus road in the centre of the village of Bar Elias in the Beqaa Mohafazat (Governorate). It dates at least to the Early Bronze Age.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut; Lebanon) (1969). Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph, pp.61. Impr. catholique. Retrieved 25 March 2011.