Tell Qarqur
Arabic: تل قرقور | |
The upper mound of Tell Qarqur as seen from the northern, lower mound | |
| Location | Syria |
|---|---|
| Region | Hama Governorate |
| Coordinates | 35°44′35″N 36°19′49″E / 35.743125°N 36.330306°E |
| Type | tell |
| Height | 30 metres (98 ft) |
| History | |
| Periods | Pre-Pottery Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Mamluk |
| Events | Battle of Qarqar (853 BC) |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1983–1984, 1993–2001, 2005–2008 |
| Archaeologists | J.M. Lundquist, R. Dornemann, J. Casana |
Tell Qarqur (Arabic: تل قرقور) is a major archaeological site located in the Orontes River Valley of western Syria. Situated in a rich alluvial plain known as the Ghab valley, the double-mounded site lies near the modern Syrian town of Jisr ash-Shugur and one kilometer west of the village of Qarqur.