Tell Fadous-Kfarabida
تل فادوس كفرعبيدة · Tell Fadous · Kfarabida
Early Bronze I–III (with Late Chalcolithic)·Early Bronze Levantine (coastal Canaanite)·🇱🇧 North Lebanon, Batroun District, coastal plain, Lebanon
About
About Tell Fadous-Kfarabida
Small but stratigraphically crucial Early Bronze Age village on the Lebanese coast 12 km north of Byblos. AUB excavations (Genz & Sader, 2004–) revealed seven EB I–III phases with courtyard houses, Egyptian imports (Old Kingdom), and high-precision radiocarbon sequence anchoring the EB II–III transition and the EB III collapse — the finest coastal chronology in central Levant, informing Egyptian-Levantine synchronisms.
Why it mattersFinest Lebanese EB chronology; Egyptian synchronism; EB III collapse timing.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Why collapse at EB III end?
- 02Egyptian direct vs indirect contact?
Theories
- 01Egyptian trade drove coastal urbanism
- 02Climate-driven EB III collapse
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.3200 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze I–III (with Late Chalcolithic)
- Culture
- Early Bronze Levantine (coastal Canaanite)
- Builders
- Coastal farming-fishing communities
- Purpose
- Coastal agricultural-fishing village with Egyptian trade
- Abandoned
- c.2500 BCE (EB III collapse)
- Rediscovered
- 2004– AUB excavations Hermann Genz & Hélène Sader
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c.3200 BCE
EB IA fishing hamlet on ridge
c.3000 BCE
EB II courtyard village
c.2700 BCE
EB III peak — storage and Egyptian jars
2004
AUB excavations begin
On the ground
Structures & features
34.2260° N · 35.6600° E · 15 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Fadous-Kfarabida — EB II courtyard houses
houseWell-preserved EB II courtyard house with central courtyard
34.2262° N · 35.6602° ETell Fadous-Kfarabida — EB III storage facility
structureCollective storage building with large pithoi and Egyptian jars
34.2258° N · 35.6598° ETell Fadous-Kfarabida — Coastal midden & Egyptian import zone
middenMidden with Egyptian Old Kingdom sherds and Canaanite jars
34.2261° N · 35.6605° E
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