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Sha'ar Hagolan

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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Tel Hazor

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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Tel Dor

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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Tel Rehov

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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Tel Yarmuth

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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Gamla

Early Roman period town and battlesite on the Golan Heights; excavation of buildings. Director: Danny Syon, Israel Antiquities Authority [Archaeology] [Recent Excavations]...

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Yavneh-Yam

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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Tel Tanninim

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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Ein Gedi

Desert oasis located along the shores of the Dead Sea - ancient village built around a synagogue. Site of a Jewish village from the Roman-Byzantine period that subsisted primarily from the production of the expensive, aromatic balsam oil. One of the aims of our excavations is to uncover the village's houses, alleys, and shops and to unravel the sec...

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Revadim Quarry

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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