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Israeli archeologists have found an ancient comb dating back some 3,700 years ago and bearing what is likely the oldest known full sentence in Canaanite alphabetical script, according to an ...
Tel Motza or Tel Moẓa [1] is an archaeological site in Motza, on the outskirts of Jerusalem.It includes the remains of a large Neolithic settlement dated to around 8600–8200 BCE, and Iron Age Israelite settlement dating to around 1000 to 500 BCE and identified with the biblical Mozah mentioned in the Book of Joshua.
Today within a close military area of the Atlit naval base: Chorazin: Korazim [55] Daughters of Jacob Bridge: Gesher Bnot Ya'akov, Jisr Benat Ya'kub [56] Tel Dan: Tell el-Qadi [57] Tel Dan Stele: Ed-Dikke synagogue: Dothan: Tel Dothan [58] En Esur: Ein el-Asawir Ein HaBesor [59] Ein Bokek: Metzad Bokek [60] Ein Feshkha: Enot Zukim [61]
Benjamin Mazar of the Archaeological Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was appointed chief archaeologist for the project. The land, owned by the Jerusalem Waqf, was leased for him to do his archaeological dig. [5] The excavation lasted for a decade, and became one of the largest archaeological projects in Israeli history.
Today the kibbutz has been privatized. The Arabic-language radio station Radio A-Shams broadcasts from the kibbutz. The Kfar HaHoresh forest includes the remains of Ma'alul village, a depopulated Palestinian location. [2] A nearby archaeological site dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period has been under excavation since the early 1990s. [3]
The national park consists important sites of archaeological excavations as well as the Ophel Archaeological Garden, which includes archaeological finds from the Solomon's Temple period until the Ottoman period. The eastern side of the garden includes a Muslim cemetery. West and south of the Old City is Gehenna. Absalom's Memorial
Ashdod/Azotus-on-the-sea" ) is an archaeological site on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. It is located in the southern part of the modern city of Ashdod, and about 5 kilometres northwest of the ancient site of Tel Ashdod, where ancient Ashdod stood in the time of the Philistines. Ashdod-Yam and its inland counterpart, Ashdod or Azotus ...
The identification of tell el-Ful with biblical Gibeah, the capital of King Saul, is generally accepted [9] and ruins of a fortress are apparent at the site. [1] Due to the site's archaeological significance, a number of digs have occurred at the site, the first in 1868.