Tell Rifa'at (ancient Arpad)
|
|
Tell Rifa'at |
| Arpad was the capital of the Aramaean city-state of Bit-Agusi in the 1st millennium BC. The tell was excavated by Veronica Seton-Williams in the 1950s and 60s. Today, access to the site is difficult, but it is possible to see a certain amount from the side of the tell. Most visible are mud brick fortification wall belonging to the Middle Bronze Age (16th - 15th centuries BC), and also several courses of basalt and limestone masonry, possibly belonging to the Aramaean city. | |
