🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Khirbet er-Ra'i
Iron Age
Khirbet er-Ra'i, also Khirbet al-Ra'i, (formerly Tôr el Hiry,) is an archaeological site in the Shephelah region of Israel. It is located 4 km west of Lachish.
🇮🇱 Israel · Buried city
Lechaion Harbour Extension South
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Lechaion Harbour Extension South in Atlit Coast, Israel is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Yonaguni Terrace Extension South
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Yonaguni Terrace Extension South in Atlit Coast, Israel is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Rehov (Rehov)
Late Bronze Age through Iron Age II (c.1550–732 BCE); LB Canaanite, Iron I–II Israelite/Aramaean, Assyrian · LB Canaanite (Rehov/Sharuhen?) → Iron I Israelite → Israelite–Aramaean contested city
Beth Shean Valley’s largest mound (10 ha) with 10th-c. apiary (30 hives) and Iron I–II Rehov — Shoshenq anchor (1200–732 BCE).
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
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).