Qarqar, Archaeological site in Hama Governorate, Syria.
Tell Qarqur consists of two mounds on the eastern bank of the Orontes River, with the larger mound reaching 30 meters in height.
The Battle of Qarqar in 853 BC involved Assyrian forces under Shalmaneser III against a coalition of eleven local kingdoms near this location.
The excavations at Tell Qarqur revealed stone fortification walls and a temple complex from the Early Bronze Age and Iron Age periods.
The archaeological site is situated one kilometer west of the modern village of Qarqur, near the town of Jisr ash-Shugur in western Syria.
Tell Qarqur documents human occupation spanning 10,000 years, from 8500 BC Pre-Pottery Neolithic A through the Mamluk period in 1350 AD.
Location: Hama Governorate
GPS coordinates: 35.74265,36.33054
Latest update: July 25, 2025 09:15
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