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Location

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Taftanāz
  • geo:35.99691,36.784809

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Taftanaz

data access 24619

Taftanaz was mentioned in an inscription on the Temple of Karnak as one of the places conquered by Thutmose III during the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt in the XVth-century BC.

See:

  1. Ralph Hempelmann, Zur Datierung von drei Statuen aus Taftanaz,' Lebensjahres., in: Altertumswissenschaften im Dialog. Festschriftfür Wolfram Nagel zur Vollendung seines 80. Lebensjahres, Reinhard Dittmann, Christian Eder, Bruno Jacobs (eds.), Munster: Ugarit-Verlag, Munster 2003, pp.291-299

Relevant museums

  • Aleppo, National Museum
    Large collection of Bronze Age (a/o Ebla, Mari, Ugarit), Iron Age (Arslan Tash), Hellenistic, and Roman finds.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Aleppo
  • Paris, Louvre
    Paris, Louvre
    France, Paris

Nearby sites

  • Crusader Castle Sardone
    Crusader Castle Sardone
    Syrian Arab Republic, Zardanā
  • Tell Ulad Khalil
    Acheological site in Northern Syria
    Syrian Arab Republic, Ma‘arratmişrīn
  • Stele of Zakkur
    Stele of Zakir VIIIth century BC.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Afis
  • Tell Afis
    Archaeological site in N Syria. Tel Afis.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Afis

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2016-01-24) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/24619
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Taftanaz. https://vici.org/vici/24619, accessed 2026-11-02.