Archaeological sites in Israel

The city of Acre ( Hebrew עַכּוֹ, Standard Hebrew ʻAkko, Tiberian Hebrew ʻAkkô; Arabic عكّا ; also Accho, Acco, and St.-Jean d'Acre), is in Western Galilee in the North District, Israel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acre, Israel"

Aderet is a village in the Judean foothills, in the Adullam region, south of Bet Shemesh, west of Gush Etzion, overlooking the Ela Valley. With a population of about 400, Aderet began as a farming Moshav (semi-communal farming village) but has evolved in recent years into a bedroom community for Jerusalem (40 km) and Tel Aviv (65 km). ...more on Wikipedia about "Aderet"

The alleged Palace of David site is a large 10th to 9th century BC public building in eastern Jerusalem whose discovery was announced on August 4, 2005 by Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar, who identifies it as the palace of the Biblical King David. The site is widely recognized as a major find, but the specific identification is disputed. The Biblical chronologies would imply that David's palace would have been built very early in the 10th century BC. Due to its proximity with another site known as the Stepped Stone Structure, Mazar named this new discovery the Large Stone Structure. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alleged Palace of David site"

The archaeology of Israel is a national passion that also attracts considerable international interest on account of the region's Biblical links. ...more on Wikipedia about "Archaeology of Israel"

Arsuf (also known as Arsur or Apollonia) was an ancient city and fortress located in what is now Israel, about 15 kilometres north of Tel Aviv, on the cliff above Mediterranian Sea. The city site, Tel Arsuf, was intensively excavated from 1994. In 2002, Apollonia National Park was open here. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arsuf"

Ashdod-Yam is an Iron Age archaeological site on the Mediterranean coast of Israel about 5 kilometres southwest of Tel Ashdod (site of one of the ancient cities of the Philistines) and about 2 kilometres south of the modern city of Ashdod. The site is mentioned in documents from the time of Sargon II of Assyria when in 713 BCE the Assyrian king speaks of having to depose a usurper who had taken over control of the city of Ashdod and had fortified it, Gath, and Ashdod-Yam. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ashdod-yam"

The final Pre-pottery Neolithic B site of Atlit Yam in Israel dates between 6900 and 6300 BC cal. Today, it lies between 8-12 m beneath sea level in the Bay of Atlit at the mouth of the Oren river on the Carmel coast. It covers an area of ca. 40.000 m2. Underwater excavations have uncovered rectangular houses and a well, which to date (2004) is the oldest in the world. The site was covered by the eustatic rise of sea-levels after the end of the Ice-Age. It is assumed that the contemporary coast-line was about 1 km west of the present coast. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atlit Yam"

Avdat or Ovdat, the remains of a Nabateans road station for their caravans, is located on a mountain in the center of the Negev Desert on the road from Petra and Eilat. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avdat"

Bab edh-Dhra (bāb al-dhrā' ) is the site of an Early Bronze Age city, located near the Dead Sea, in Wadi Araba, forwarded as a candidate for the location of Biblical Sodom. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bab edh-Dhra"

The remains of the city of Banias (Arabic pronunciation of Panias) are located at the foot of Mt. Hermon in the disputed Golan Heights (claimed by Israel and Syria). The site is 95 miles north of Jerusalem and 35 miles southwest from Damascus. The city was also called Caesarea Philippi by the Romans. ...more on Wikipedia about "Banias"

The Crusader fortress of Belvoir, located on a hill of the Naphtali plateau, 20 km. south of the Sea of Galilee and about 500 meters above the Jordan Valley, was originally a part of the feudal estate of a French nobleman named Velos who lived in Tiberias. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belvoir Castle (Israel)"

Berekhat Ram, (also spelled Berekhet Ram, Berechat Ram Braikhat Ram, Bircat Ram, the Ram Pool or Lake Ram) is a Palaeolithic site near Mas'adah, at the foot of Mount Hermon, in the Golan Heights. It is the findspot of the Venus of Berekhat Ram, a pebble worked by Homo erectus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Berekhat Ram"

( Hebrew: ְאָ ; unofficially also spelled Beit Shean, Beth Shean; official Israeli Arabic بيت شان Bayt Šān); Arabic بيسان is a city in the North District in Israel. The new Bet She'an was founded in 1949, a short time after the establishment of the State of Israel. The town has been called other names in the past, the most recent being Bissan which is where the name Bet She'an comes from. Bet She'an lies about 120 meters below sea level in the Jordan River Valley, about 60 km south of Tiberias. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bet She'an"

Bethsaida (beth-sā´i-da; Βηθσαΐδά, Bēthsaidá, “house of fishing”) ...more on Wikipedia about "Bethsaida"

Biblical archaeology involves the recovery and scientific investigation of the material remains of past cultures that can illuminate the periods and descriptions in the Bible. As with the historical records from any other civilization, the manuscripts must be compared to other accounts from contemporary societies in Europe, Mesopotamia, and Africa; additionally, records from neighbors must be compared with them. The scientific techniques employed are those of archaeology in general including excavations as well as chance discoveries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biblical archaeology"

Caesarea Palaestina, also called Caesarea Maritima, a town built by Herod the Great about 25– 13 BC, lies on the sea-coast of Israel about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa, on the site of a place previously called Pyrgos Stratonos ("Strato" or "Straton's Tower," in Latin Turris Stratonis). Caesarea Palaestina should not be confused with other cities named to flatter the Caesar, Caesarea Philippi, also in Palestine, or Caesarea Mazaca in Anatolian Cappadocia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caesarea Palaestina"

Capernaum (Kfar Nahum) was a settlement on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. The site is a ruin today, but was inhabited from 150 BC to about AD 750. ...more on Wikipedia about "Capernaum"

Committee for the Prevention of Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount is composed of archeologists, scholars, and other prominent individuals. Its most outspoken member is the prominent archeologist, Dr. Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. ...more on Wikipedia about "Committee for the Prevention of Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount"

Eleutheropolis ("city of the free") was the Greek name of a Roman city in Palestine, some 53 km southwest of Jerusalem' its remains still straddle the ancient road to Gaza. Though no secure identification can be made with any site in the Hebrew Bible, the site— already rendered as Baitogabra in Ptolemy's Georgraphy— was called Beit Guvrin and Bet Gubrin in the Talmud JE . ...more on Wikipedia about "Eleutheropolis"

Et-Tell is an archaeological site in Israel that is popularly thought to be the Biblical city of Ai. ...more on Wikipedia about "Et-Tell"

The remains of the city of Gamla lies on the Golan Heights. The name is derived from the Semitic word "gamal" meaning - a camel, as it is situated on a hill shaped like a camels hump. This city is often alternatively spelled as Gamala. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gamla" shortopedia moments.

The ancient city of Hazor (חצור), the largest and richest archeological remain in Israel, is located in the upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hazor (archaeological site)"

Herodium or Herodion is a hill shaped like a truncated cone (758 m. above sea level), 12 kilometers south of Jerusalem, built as a fortress palace by King Herod the Great. ...more on Wikipedia about "Herodium"

One of a series of rock-hewn burial caves at Ketef Hinnom ("shoulder of Hinnom") near Jerusalem is the archaeological site in Israel that is most famous for the recovery in 1979 of two silver scrolls that were used as amulets, bearing in inscribed the well-known apotropaic priestly blessings of Book of Numbers 6:24-26 ...more on Wikipedia about "Ketef Hinnom"

LMLK seals were stamped on the handles of large storage jars in and around Jerusalem during the reign of King Hezekiah (circa 700 BC) based on several complete jars found in situ buried under a destruction layer caused by Sennacherib at Lachish. None of the original seals have been found, but about 2,000 impressions (also referred to as stamps) made by at least 21 seal types have been published. Photos of more than 600 stamps on broken handles are viewable on the LMLK Research website . ...more on Wikipedia about "LMLK seal"

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