🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Saharonim — Nabataean Hill Fort
Nabataean–Roman (100 BCE–300 CE) · Nabataean
Saharonim — Nabataean Hill Fort in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Roman (100 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Nabataean.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Gaza Road Ridge — Saharonim Spur Tower
Nabataean–Roman (50 BCE–300 CE) · Nabataean
Gaza Road Ridge — Saharonim Spur Tower in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Roman (50 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Nabataean.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Yotvata Fort — Yaqush Samra Ravine Fort
Iron Age II (900–600 BCE) Egyptian–Israelite frontier · Edomite/ Israelite desert frontier
Yotvata Fort — Yaqush Samra Ravine Fort in Southern District, Israel is a Iron Age II (900–600 BCE) Egyptian–Israelite frontier fortress attributed to Edomite/ Israelite desert frontier.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Ashar? Actually Shaharut — Negev Highlands Fortlet
Nabataean–Roman–Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) highland · Nabataean desert frontier
Ashar? Actually Shaharut — Negev Highlands Fortlet in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Roman–Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) highland fortress attributed to Nabataean desert frontier.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
En Hazeva — Nabataean–Roman Road Station Annex
Nabataean–Roman (100 BCE–300 CE) · Nabataean then Roman (Petra–Gaza road)
En Hazeva — Nabataean–Roman Road Station Annex in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Roman (100 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Nabataean then Roman (Petra–Gaza road).
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Moa — Nabataean Arava Fort
Nabataean (100 BCE–106 CE Petra) · Nabataean
Moa — Nabataean Arava Fort in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean (100 BCE–106 CE Petra) fortress attributed to Nabataean. Arava Nabataean fort 60 × 35 m with corner towers at Nahal Moa pass.
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Hazeva Fort — Arava Fortress Line
Iron Age II to Roman (900 BCE–300 CE) · Judahite then Nabataean–Roman
Hazeva Fort — Arava Fortress Line in Southern District, Israel is a Iron Age II to Roman (900 BCE–300 CE) fortress attributed to Judahite then Nabataean–Roman.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Masada — Desert Fortress of Herod
Hasmonean to Roman (2nd c. BCE–73 CE; Herodian peak) · Hasmonean Jewish → Herodian (Idumaean-Jewish client of Rome) → Sicarii → Roman legion → Byzantine monks
Herod's 440 m mesa fortress over Dead Sea — hanging palaces, desert cisterns and preserved Roman siege ramp.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Gath (Tell es-Safi) – Philistine Capital Harbour Inland Port
Early Bronze to Judahite (c. 3000 – 600 BCE) · Canaanite / Philistine / Judahite / Assyrian
Philistine Goliath capital – Elah canal port 2 km north silted at –1 m – Philistine Bichrome harbour mud.
🇮🇱 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).