Tel Mevorakh — Coastal Plain
Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE)·Canaanite / Phoenician / Persian·🇮🇱 Sharon Plain, Israel
About
About Tel Mevorakh — Coastal Plain
Tel Mevorakh — Coastal Plain in Sharon Plain, Israel is a Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Phoenician / Persian. Roadside temple tell on Via Maris with LB sanctuary and Persian fort. Stern's coastal sanctuary with LB standing stone massabot and Persian shrine.
Why it mattersKey Levantine tell with multi-period stratigraphy informing chronology of the Sharon Plain
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Stratigraphic sequence
- 02Biblical identification debated
Theories
- 01Border fortress model
- 02Trade route control
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1500 BCE
- Period
- Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE)
- Culture
- Canaanite / Phoenician / Persian
- Purpose
- Roadside temple tell on Via Maris with LB sanctuary and Persian fort
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1925 CE
Woolley/Petrie survey
On the ground
Structures & features
32.4590° N · 34.9090° E · 15 m · 3 mapped features
Tel Mevorakh — Coastal Plain — Summit Citadel
citadelCitadel or summit fort on tell
32.4591° N · 34.9091° ETel Mevorakh — Coastal Plain — Glacis and Wall Circuit
glacisOuter fortification glacis
32.4588° N · 34.9091° ETel Mevorakh — Coastal Plain — Lower Town / Cemetery
lower townExtension settlement or cemetery
32.4594° N · 34.9088° E