Biblical place

Where was Chaldea?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell el Muqayyar.

First appears in Genesis 11:28 · 11 books · 41 chapters

Overview

Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell el Muqayyar.

Chaldea is represented in the local geography layer as Tell el Muqayyar. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 11:28 and is mentioned across 11 books, with 85 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Babylon

About 237 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Chaldea today

Travel to Chaldea, the modern-day Tell el Muqayyar.

Chaldea is commonly identified with Tell el Muqayyar, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Chaldea is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tell el Muqayyar

Chaldea

30.962°N · 46.104°E

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