Ashkelon
Ashkelon (also Ashqelon) Arabic عسقلان ˁAsqalān (Hebrew: אַשְׁקְלוֹן (audio) (help·info); Latin: Ascalon; Akkadian:
Isqalluna) is a coastal city in the South District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, 50 kilometres (31 mi)
south of Tel Aviv. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Neolithic Age. In the course of its history,
it ha...
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Ashkelon or Ashqelon is a city on the Mediterranean coast
of Israel, 50 Km (40 minutes by bus) to the south of Tel
Aviv. Ashkelon is one of the oldest cities in Israel and
has history that goes back more than 5,000 years.
Ashkelon is especially famous for its history as one of
ancient Philistines major cities and in the biblical
story of Sams...
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Ashkelon was the oldest and largest seaport in Canaan, one of the "five cities" of the Philistines, north of Gaza and south of Jaffa (Yafa).
The city was originally built on a sandstone outcropping and has a good underground water supply. It was relatively large as an ancient city with as many as 15,000 people living inside walls a mile and a half...
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The Philistines conquered Canaanite Ashkelon about 1150 BC. Their earliest pottery, types of structures and inscriptions are similar to the early Greek urbanised centre at Mycenae in mainland Greece, adding weight to the hypothesis that the Philistines were possibly one of the populations among the "Sea Peoples" that upset cultures throughout the e...
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Roman era
Ashkelon was soon rebuilt. Until the conquest of Alexander the Great, Ashkelon's inhabitants were influenced by the dominant Persian culture. It is at this archaeological layer that excavations have found dog burials. It is believed the dogs may have had a sacred role, however evidence is not conclusive. After the conquest of Alexander in...
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