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Antonia Fortress
The Antonia Fortress (Aramaic: קצטרא דאנטוניה) was a citadel built by Herod the Great and named for Herod's patron Mark Antony, as a fortress whose chief function was to protect the Second Temple.
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Ashdod Yam — Temple Ancillary Courtyard (Tel Mor, Israel)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Ashdod Yam — Temple Ancillary Courtyard (Tel Mor, Israel) in Southern, Ashdod Yam, Tel Mor, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple co…
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Tel Dan
Neolithic to Iron Age/Crusader (peak Middle Bronze to Iron II, 2000–733 BCE) · Canaanite (Sidonian) → Israelite (Dan tribe) → Aramaean → Israelite kingdom → Assyrian
Bubbling Jordan spring tell with world's oldest intact triple mudbrick arch (1750 BCE) and House of David stele.
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Lachish — Fosse Temple North Ancillary (Tell Lachish)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Lachish — Fosse Temple North Ancillary (Tell Lachish) in Southern, Lachish, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed…
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Sanctuary of Coire
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Sanctuary of Coire in Negev, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) temple complex attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
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Oboda Theatre Annex — Avdat North
Nabataean–Roman (50 CE theatre of Aretas IV?) · Nabataean (Obodas god-king)
Oboda Theatre Annex — Avdat North in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean–Roman (50 CE theatre of Aretas IV?) temple-complex attributed to Nabataean (Obodas god-king).
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Tel Arad
Early Bronze II to Iron II / Persian (c.3000–400 BCE; EB peak 2950–2650, Iron 1000–587) · EB Canaanite → absent MB → Israelite Judahite → Babylonian era → Persian
Double-stacked tell: 2950 BCE walled EB city plus Iron Age Judahite fortress-temple twin of Jerusalem.
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Kfar HaHoresh Cult Enclosure Galilee
PPNB · PPNB cult
Kfar HaHoresh Cult Enclosure Galilee at Galilee, Nazareth, Israel is a PPNB temple complex of the PPNB cult tradition, built c. 8800 BCE for ppnb mortuary cult enclosure 30 pillars.
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Arad — Canaanite Temple North Altar (Negev)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Arad — Canaanite Temple North Altar (Negev) in Southern, Arad, Tel Arad, Israel is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to…
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Timna Valley Copper Mines
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (~4500 BCE – 800 BCE; peak New Kingdom Egyptian 14th–12th century BCE) · Egyptian New Kingdom, Midianite/Edomite and early Arabah nomadic
Three-sided sandstone valley north of Eilat where 10,000 shafts and 1.5 million tonnes of slag mark one of the world's earliest industrial landscapes.
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Timna Pillars — Solomon's Mines Pillars Temple Ridge
Late Bronze Age Egyptian (1300 BCE) with pillars 20 m · Egyptian (Ramesses III) then Midianite Desert temple
Timna Pillars — Solomon's Mines Pillars Temple Ridge in Southern District, Israel is a Late Bronze Age Egyptian (1300 BCE) with pillars 20 m temple-complex attributed to Egyptian (Ramesses III) then…
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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 Qasile — Philistine-Iron Sanctuary Tell on Yarkon
Philistine (1177–985 BCE Strata XII-X) → Iron II · Philistine port-temple
Yarkon tell excavated by Mazar 1948–50, 1970s, with Philistine Bichrome and later Israelite shrine.
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Temple Mount Sifting Project
archaeological project focused on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem
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Timna Valley Site 201 — Hathor Mining Temple Ravine
Late Bronze Age Egyptian Timna copper · Egyptian mining under Ramesses III
Timna Valley Site 201 — Hathor Mining Temple Ravine in Southern District, Israel is a Late Bronze Age Egyptian Timna copper temple-complex attributed to Egyptian mining under Ramesses III.
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Chalcolithic temple of Ein Gedi
The Chalcolithic temple of Ein Gedi is a Ghassulian public building dating from around 3500 BCE.
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Jish
Jish (Arabic: الجش, al-Jiŝ), also known by its Hebrew name of Gush Halab (Hebrew: גּוּשׁ חָלָב, Gūŝ Ḥālāḇ), or by its classical name of Gischala, is a local council in Upper Galilee, located on the…