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Ashdod
Ashdod (Hebrew: אַשְׁדּוֹד, romanized: ʾašdōḏ, pronounced [ʔaʃˈdod]; Arabic: أسدود, romanized: ʾasdūd, pronounced [ʔasˈduːd], or إسدود, ʾisdūd [ʔɪsˈduːd]; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃, romanized: *ʾašdūd)…
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🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Ashdod (Hebrew: אַשְׁדּוֹד, romanized: ʾašdōḏ, pronounced [ʔaʃˈdod]; Arabic: أسدود, romanized: ʾasdūd, pronounced [ʔasˈduːd], or إسدود, ʾisdūd [ʔɪsˈduːd]; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃, romanized: *ʾašdūd)…
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Bayt Jibrin or Beit Jibrin (Arabic: بيت جبرين lit. 'House of the Powerful') was an Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict of British Mandatory Palestine, in what is today the State of Israel, which…
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Beit She'arim (Hebrew: בית שערים; Imperial Aramaic: בית שריי / Bet Sharei), also Besara (Greek: Βήσαρα), was a Jewish village located in the southwestern hills of the Lower Galilee, during the Roman…
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Chorazin (Greek: Χοραζίν; also Chorazain) or Korazim (Hebrew: כורזים) was an ancient village in the Roman and Byzantine periods, best known from the Christian Gospels.
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Khirbat Umm Burj was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, sometimes designated in modern maps as Burgin. Its ruins are today located within the borders of Israel.
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Abu Zurayq or Abu Zureiq (Arabic أبو زريق) is a cluster of archaeological sites at a well-watered spot at the western edge of the Jezreel Valley and its transition to the Menashe Heights, next to…
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Baysamun or Beisamoun (Arabic: بيسمون, Beisamûn) was a small Palestinian Arab village, located 16.5 kilometers (10.3 mi) in the marshy Hula Valley northeast of Safad.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Kharruba was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, near Modi'in. It was located 8 km east of Ramla. It was depopulated on July 12, 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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Natufian · Natufian Galilee
Ein Gev I Natufian Base Camp at Galilee, Sea of Galilee, Israel is a Natufian ancient village of the Natufian Galilee tradition, built c. 12000 BCE for natufian lakeside round huts basalt mortars.
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PPNB · Galilee PPNB
Yiftahel PPNB Plaster Village at Galilee, Yiftahel, Israel is a PPNB ancient village of the Galilee PPNB tradition, built c. 8000 BCE for ppnb village mega-plaster lime kiln.
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Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Rampart Buried Gate West in Coastal Plain, Israel is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
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PPNB · PPNB Galilee
Beisamoun PPNB Skulls House at Hula Valley, Beisamoun, Israel is a PPNB ancient village of the PPNB Galilee tradition, built c. 8000 BCE for ppnb village 7 plastered skulls.
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–C (8200–6400 BCE) · PPNB (Beisamounian)
Beisamoun — Galilee PPNB Village in Northern District, Israel is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–C (8200–6400 BCE) ancient-village attributed to PPNB (Beisamounian).
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Late Natufian · Galilean Natufian
Horvat Galil Late Natufian Hamlet at Upper Galilee, Israel is a Late Natufian ancient village of the Galilean Natufian tradition, built c.
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Natufian · Negev Natufian
Rosh Horesha Natufian Negev Camp at Negev, Rosh Horesha, Israel is a Natufian ancient village of the Negev Natufian tradition, built c. 12000 BCE for highland natufian harpoons bedrock mortars.
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Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Village of Farm Sproxton in Negev, Israel is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic culture.