Tel Haror (Hebrew name) or Tell Abu Hureyra (Arabic name; also spelled Hureira and Hareira), also known as Tel Heror,[citation needed] is an archaeological site in the western Negev Desert, Israel, northwest of Beersheba, about 20 km east of the Mediterranean Sea,[citation needed] situated on the north bank of Wadi Gerar, a wadi known in Arabic as Wadi esh-Sheri'a. During the Middle Bronze Age II it was one of the largest urban centres in the area,[citation needed] occupying about 40 acres. The city contains substantial remains of Middle Bronze Age II through to Persian-period settlement strata.
