🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Sharuhen (Tell el-Ajjul)
Middle Bronze to Egyptian New Kingdom (2000–1150 BCE) · Hyksos / Egyptian
Hyksos rampart fortress (15 m thick) besieged 3 years by Ahmose.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Fortress
Hyrcania — Desert Fortress of Hyrcanus and Herod
Hasmonean (c. 130 BCE) + Herodian 30 BCE · Hasmonean / Herodian / Byzantine Laura
Hyrcania excavated by Bar Adon and later, Herod's desert asylum per Josephus with tomb possibility.