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Tel Dor, also known as Dora, is an archaeological site located on the Mediterranean coast of modern-day Israel. It holds a significant place in the history of the eastern Mediterranean and is notable for its historical and archaeological importance. Here's a brief overview:
Historical Significance:
Ancient Port City: Tel Dor was an ancient Phoenici...
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Canaanite and Israelite buildings north of the Sea of Galilee.
Director: Prof. Amnon Ben-Tor, Hebrew University, Complutense University, Israel Exploration Society, Ambassador University. [Archaeology] [Recent Excavations]...
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The Neolithic village of Sha'ar Hagolan (approx 8000-7500 years ago) is the largest and most important prehistoric art center in Israel. Over 150 art objects, mostly small female statuettes, have been collected from the surface of the site, while c. 50 have been found in recent excavations. This year work will focus on completing the excavation of ...
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Recent excavations revealed successive occupational layers from the Late Bronze Age, Iron Age I and Iron Age II. Large and well preserved buildings from two occupation layers were dated to the 10th - 9th centuries BCE. Remains of the Iron Age II city, violently destroyed by the Assyrians in 732 BCE, include an 8-meter-wide mudbrick wall around the ...
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The Lower Paleolithic site of Revadim is located on the Southern Coastal plain of Israel. The excavations during this season revealed two distinct archaeological horizons with extremely high density of artifacts (such as handaxes, scrapers and chopping tools), which can be ascribed to the Late Acheulian. The faunal assemblage uncovered at the site ...
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Tell es-Safi (Hebrew Tel Tsafit) is a commanding mound located on the border between the Judean foothills (the Shephelah) and the coastal plain, approximately halfway between Jerusalem and Ashkelon. About 100 acres in size, it is one of the largest and most important archaeological sites in Israel. Most scholars identify Tell es-Safi with Philistin...
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Tell es-Safi (Hebrew Tel Tsafit) is a commanding mound located on the border between the Judean foothills (the Shephelah) and the coastal plain, approximately halfway between Jerusalem and Ashkelon. About 100 acres in size, it is one of the largest and most important archaeological sites in Israel. Most scholars identify Tell es-Safi with Philistin...
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Tel Yarmuth, also known as Khirbet el-Jarm, is an archaeological site located in modern-day Israel, offering valuable insights into the history of ancient civilizations in the region. Here's a brief description of Tel Yarmuth:
Historical Significance:
Tel Yarmuth is an ancient tell, or archaeological mound, that bears witness to the human occupatio...
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The coastal site of Yavneh-Yam (Jamneia-on-the-Sea) is located at a wonderful bay along the Mediterranean coast, approximately equidistant between Tel Aviv (Ancient Jaffa) and Ashdod (Biblical Ashdod, Greek-Roman Azotus). Excavations carried out there since 1992 by the Department of Classical Studies, Tel Aviv University have revealed remains from ...
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The site is located on the Mediterranean coast, some 33 km. south of Haifa and 5 km. north of Caesarea, at the outflow of Nahal Tanninim 'Crocodiles River'. Excavations since 1996 indicate that Tel Tanninim was occupied in the Persian, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine and Crusader periods. Excavations provide a unique opportunity to investigate a l...
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