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Tell el-Farah South (Tell el-Farah S)
Middle Bronze – Iron Age (2000–900 BCE) · Hyksos–Philistine
Middle Bronze – Iron Age (2000–900 BCE) tell of Hyksos–Philistine in Southern District, Negev Border (c.2000 BCE).
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Tell Jemmeh (Tel Gamma)
Late Bronze – Persian (1400–400 BCE) · Philistine–Assyrian
Late Bronze – Persian (1400–400 BCE) tell of Philistine–Assyrian in Southern District, Besor River (c.1400 BCE).
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Ashdod (Tel Ashdod / Isdud)
Late Bronze – Iron Age (1700–600 BCE) · Philistine–Israelite
Late Bronze – Iron Age (1700–600 BCE) tell of Philistine–Israelite in Southern District, Philistine Plain (c.1700 BCE).
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Tell Beit Mirsim (Tell Beit Mirsin)
Early Bronze – Iron Age (3000–600 BCE) · Biblical Debir
Early Bronze – Iron Age (3000–600 BCE) tell of Biblical Debir in Southern District, Hebron Hills (c.3000 BCE).
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Tel Lachish — Shefela
Bronze to Iron Age (1800–586 BCE) · Canaanite/Judahite
Tel Lachish — Shefela in Southern District, Shefela, Israel is a Bronze to Iron Age (1800–586 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite/Judahite culture.
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Tel Beersheba — Biblical Negev
Iron Age (1200–700 BCE) · Israelite (Judah)
Tel Beersheba — Biblical Negev in Southern District, Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200–700 BCE) tell attributed to Israelite (Judah) culture.
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Tel Arad — Negev Fortresses
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) · Canaanite/Israelite
Tel Arad — Negev Fortresses in Southern District, Negev, Israel is a Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite/Israelite culture.
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Tell el-Hesi — Petrie's Stratigraphic Tell
EB III to Arab (2600 BCE–1500 CE) · Early Bronze → Persian → Islamic layered
Shfela type-site excavated by Petrie 1890, Bliss 1891–93 and Fargo, first potsherd dating in Levant.
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Tell es-Safi — Gath Philistine Acropolis
Early Bronze to Crusader; Philistine peak 1170–830 BCE · Philistine (Gath of Goliath)
Tell es-Safi excavated by Maeir 1996–, Philistine inscription Goliath sherd and Hazael siege system.
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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).
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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.
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Ashkelon
Early Bronze to Crusader 1191 CE · Canaanite → Philistine → Phoenician → Roman
Five-period tells (Canaanite vaulted mudbrick gate — oldest arch in the world c.1850 BCE, 4 m high; Philistine emporium of titans with 15,000 sq m market; Phoenician Tyrian-purple, Greek, Roman,…
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Lachish
Early Bronze to Babylonian destruction 587 BCE · Canaanite → Israelite/Judahite
Major Canaanite city-state and Judahite fortress second only to Jerusalem (Joshua, Hezekiah, Sennacherib's 701 BCE reliefs at British Museum).
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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).
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Tel Burna
EB to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE; peak Canaanite–Philistine 1600–600) · Canaanite → Philistine? → Judah (Shephelah)
Tel Burna is Shephelah unfortified town (maybe Libnah?) excavated by Itzhaq Shai/Ariel University since 2009; LB courtyard palace, Iron Judahite silos and culti...
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Tel Lachish
Neolithic to Persian (c.5000–400 BCE; peak Judah fortress 900–586 BCE) · Canaanite → Judahite fortress → Assyrian → Persian
Tel Lachish is the great Judahite fortress-city (second after Jerusalem), famed for 701 BCE Sennacherib siege ramp — Assyrian reliefs at Nineveh show Lachish ba...
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Tel Miqne (Ekron)
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).
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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.
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Abu Gosh
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B to Pottery Neolithic (7600–5500 BCE) · Southern Levant PPNB → Yarmoukian (Pottery Neolithic)
Judean Hills PPNB ridge village with goat domestication ancient DNA archive.
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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.