Biblical place
Where was Ur?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell el Muqayyar.
First appears in Genesis 11:28 · 2 books · 3 chapters
Overview
Light, or the moon city, a city “of the Chaldees,” the birthplace of Haran. Modern identification: Tell el Muqayyar.
Ur 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 2 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.
Nearby biblical places
About 237 km away in the local coordinate layer.
Where it sits on the map
How to get to Ur today
Travel to Ur, the modern-day Tell el Muqayyar.
Ur 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.
Ur 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.