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Ascalon or Ashkelon [a] was an ancient Near East port city on the Mediterranean coast of the southern Levant of high historical and archaeological significance. Its remains are located in the archaeological site of Tel Ashkelon , within the city limits of the modern Israeli city of Ashkelon .
The ancient site of Ascalon is now administered as the Ashkelon National Park. The walls that encircled the city are still visible, as well as Canaanite earth ramparts. The park contains mainly Roman, Byzantine, and Crusader ruins. [32] The largest dog cemetery in the ancient world was discovered in Ashkelon. [33]
Ashkelon National Park (Hebrew: גן לאומי אשקלון, Arabic: متنزه قومي عسقلان) is an Israeli national park consisting of the ruins of ancient Ascalon and Palestinian village Al-Jura, situated along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea southwest of the city of Ashkelon. The national park encompasses the heart of ancient ...
'Mausoleum of Husayn') was a shrine built by the Fatimids on a hilltop adjacent to Ascalon that was reputed to have held the head of Husayn ibn Ali between c. 906 CE and 1153 CE. [1] It was described as the most magnificent building in the ancient city, [2] [3] and developed into the most important and holiest Shi'a site in Palestine. [4]
Antiochus of Ascalon (/ æ n ˈ t aɪ ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Άντίοχος ὁ Ἀσκαλώνιος; c. 135/130 – c. 68 BC) [1] was a 1st-century BC Platonist philosopher. He rejected skepticism, blended Stoic doctrines with Platonism, and was the first philosopher in the tradition of Middle Platonism .
Located between Gaza and Ascalon, the city served as one of the two ports of Gaza, along with Maiuma. [6] As the Persian empire replaced its Assyrian predecessor in 539 BCE and substantially expanded its realm, Greek immigrants, probably coming from Anthedon in Boeotia, took advantage of the new commercial opportunities and founded the new Anthedon of Palestine around the year 520 BCE. [7]
It was given the status of a city under the name Diocletianopolis as part of a Roman policy of urbanization, [1] what had been the territory of Ascalon was divided into three municipal districts, those of Ascalon, Maiumas Ascalon, and Diocletianopolis. [2] Ken Butcher says that what was given the name Diocletianopolis was the port of Ascalon. [1]
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