Tell Shaikh Hassan al Rai
Location2 km south of el Marj, 2 km north of Hoch Harime
Region Bekaa Valley
TypeTell
History
CulturesNeolithic, Medieval
Site notes
Excavation dates1927, 1966
ArchaeologistsJ. King, R. Dussaud, R. Saidah, Lorraine Copeland
ConditionRuins
Public accessYes

Tell Shaikh Hassan al Rai is an archaeological site 2 km south of el Marj, 2 km north of Hoch Harime in the Beqaa Mohafazat (Governorate) in Lebanon. It dates at least to the Neolithic with Medieval material also attested.

Tell Shaikh Hassan al Rai is famous for being the site of the first unquestioned evidence of the domestication of cats, after archaeologists found remains dating from the Uruk period (5500-5000 BCE) of cats smaller in size than the wildcat.


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