Early Bronze through Iron Age II; EBA, LB Canaanite, Iron I–II Philistine, Assyrian 7th c. · LB Canaanite → Sea Peoples Philistine → Ekronite (Philistine) kingdom → Neo-Assyrian vassal

Ekron — Philistine pentapolis capital with 115-press oil industry and Achish inscription (Iron I–II, 1200–603 BCE).

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell es-Safi (Gath)

Chalcolithic through Ottoman; EBA III, MB–LB Canaanite, Iron I–II Philistine/Judahite, Crusader–Mamluk · EBA Canaanite → Philistine Pentapolis (Sea Peoples) → Judahite fortress → Crusader

40 ha Philistine pentapolis capital — EBA to Crusader tell with Gath Siege Trench and Goliath inscription (c.5000 BCE–present).

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Middle Bronze Age through Crusader (c.2000 BCE–640 CE); MB Canaanite → Phoenician (Siky) → Assyrian province → Persian–Hellenistic Phoenician Dor · MB Canaanite → Iron I Siky/Phoenician → Phoenician (Tyre) → Perso-Phoenician province → Hellenistic

Phoenician purple-dye port (c.2000 BCE–640 CE) — 20 ha Carmel headland tell with Iron I Wenamun harbour and mole (Stern).

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tel Rehov (Rehov)

Late Bronze Age through Iron Age II (c.1550–732 BCE); LB Canaanite, Iron I–II Israelite/Aramaean, Assyrian · LB Canaanite (Rehov/Sharuhen?) → Iron I Israelite → Israelite–Aramaean contested city

Beth Shean Valley’s largest mound (10 ha) with 10th-c. apiary (30 hives) and Iron I–II Rehov — Shoshenq anchor (1200–732 BCE).

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tel Azekah

Early Bronze through Iron Age and Byzantine (c.3500 BCE–600 CE); LB–Iron I–II Judahite fortress 8th–6th c. BCE · EBA–LB Canaanite → Judahite fortress (Hezekiah–Zedekiah) → Babylonian destruction → Persian–Byzantine

Judahite Shfela fortress (18 ha) with Sennacherib 701 BCE and 588 BCE Babylonian destructions — Lachish letter Azekah (Iron II).

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tel Beth Shean (Beisan)

Chalcolithic through Byzantine (c.5000 BCE–749 CE); EBA, MB–LB Canaanite/Egyptian, Iron I–II, Hellenistic-Roman-Byzantine · Chalcolithic–EBA Canaanite → New Kingdom Egyptian garrison → Israelite → Decapolis (Scythopolis)

Egyptian garrison tell (1450–1130 BCE) + EBA–Byzantine Beth Shean — 11 cities with Mekal temple and 749 CE earthquake debris (c.5000 BCE–749 CE).

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tel Erani

Late Chalcolithic through EB III–MBA (c.3500–2200 BCE); Late Chalcolithic, EB Ia–III Egyptian contact · Ghassulian → EBA I–III Canaanite urban with Naqada IIIb Egyptian colony (1st Dynasty)

25 ha EBA fortified town with Egyptian Colony (Dynasty 0–1) and EB IB wall — S. Yeivin gateway tell to Hebron hills.

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Hesi

Neolithic through Persian–Hellenistic (c.5000 BCE–332 BCE); EBA, MB–LB Canaanite, Iron I–II, Persian · Chalcolithic–EBA Canaanite → LB Canaanite → Iron I Philistine/Judahite → Persian province

1890 stratigraphic excavation origin — 12-m Petrie tell with EBA–Persian sequence (Neolithic–Iron) founding ceramic seriation.

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Nahal Ein Gev II

Epipalaeolithic Late Natufian (12,500–11,700 BP) · Late Natufian (Levant)

Late Natufian lake-margin hamlet with carved pebbles and bedrock mortar village near Sea of Galilee.

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Horvat Galil Late Natufian Hamlet

Late Natufian · Galilean Natufian

Horvat Galil Late Natufian Hamlet at Upper Galilee, Israel is a Late Natufian ancient village of the Galilean Natufian tradition, built c.

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Ein Gev I Natufian Base Camp

Natufian · Natufian Galilee

Ein Gev I Natufian Base Camp at Galilee, Sea of Galilee, Israel is a Natufian ancient village of the Natufian Galilee tradition, built c. 12000 BCE for natufian lakeside round huts basalt mortars.

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tel Yarmuth (Yarmut)

Early Bronze Age II–III (c.3000–2350 BCE) with MB II and Iron I–II reuse · EBA III Canaanite urban (Proto-Canaanite) — Jordan Valley city-state network

16 ha EBA III walled palace-city (2700–2350 BCE) with Palace B2 (6000 m²) — largest EBA town in Israel (Miroschedji).

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Rosh Horesha Natufian Negev Camp

Natufian · Negev Natufian

Rosh Horesha Natufian Negev Camp at Negev, Rosh Horesha, Israel is a Natufian ancient village of the Negev Natufian tradition, built c. 12000 BCE for highland natufian harpoons bedrock mortars.

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Nahal Oren Cave Terrace Carmel

Natufian to PPN · Mount Carmel Natufian

Nahal Oren Cave Terrace Carmel at Mount Carmel, Israel is a Natufian to PPN cave of the Mount Carmel Natufian tradition, built c. 13000 BCE for cave and terrace natufian burials ppna village.

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Yiftahel PPNB Plaster Village

PPNB · Galilee PPNB

Yiftahel PPNB Plaster Village at Galilee, Yiftahel, Israel is a PPNB ancient village of the Galilee PPNB tradition, built c. 8000 BCE for ppnb village mega-plaster lime kiln.

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Beisamoun PPNB Skulls House

PPNB · PPNB Galilee

Beisamoun PPNB Skulls House at Hula Valley, Beisamoun, Israel is a PPNB ancient village of the PPNB Galilee tradition, built c. 8000 BCE for ppnb village 7 plastered skulls.

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Sha'ar Hagolan

Pottery Neolithic / Yarmoukian · Yarmoukian (Levantine Pottery Neolithic)

Type-site of the Yarmoukian culture (6400–5800 BCE), the first Pottery Neolithic culture of the southern Levant, on the Yarmouk River.

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Kfar HaHoresh

Middle PPNB · PPNB cult complex

PPNB cult and mortuary center (7500–6650 BCE) in the Nazareth hills, not a normal village but a regional feasting and secondary-burial site serving surrounding settlements.

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Village of Farm Sproxton

Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic

Village of Farm Sproxton in Negev, Israel is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic culture.

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Rampart Buried Gate West — Coastal Plain (Tel Aviv)

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval

Rampart Buried Gate West in Coastal Plain, Israel is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Beisamoun — Galilee PPNB Village

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–C (8200–6400 BCE) · PPNB (Beisamounian)

Beisamoun — Galilee PPNB Village in Northern District, Israel is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–C (8200–6400 BCE) ancient-village attributed to PPNB (Beisamounian).

🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site

Atlit-Yam

PPNB (6900–6300 BCE) · PPNB Neolithic

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B mega-village (6900–6300 BCE) submerged 300–400 m offshore after post-glacial sea rise, with stone wall 150 m, paved well 5.5 m deep (earliest seawall and well), megalithic…

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Abu Gosh

Tel Miqne (Ekron)

Tell es-Safi (Gath)

Tel Dor

Tel Rehov (Rehov)

Tel Azekah

Tel Beth Shean (Beisan)

Tel Erani

Tell el-Hesi

Nahal Ein Gev II

Horvat Galil Late Natufian Hamlet

Ein Gev I Natufian Base Camp

Tel Yarmuth (Yarmut)

Rosh Horesha Natufian Negev Camp

Nahal Oren Cave Terrace Carmel

Yiftahel PPNB Plaster Village

Beisamoun PPNB Skulls House

Sha'ar Hagolan

Kfar HaHoresh

Village of Farm Sproxton

Rampart Buried Gate West — Coastal Plain (Tel Aviv)

Beisamoun — Galilee PPNB Village

Atlit-Yam

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