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List of archaeological sites in Israel and Palestine

This is a list of archaeological sites in Israel and Palestine.

Introduction

The geographical framework of the sites listed is based on the political boundaries rather than historical, archaeological boundaries. Sites in this list are located within the territory of the modern State of Israel, including Israeli-occupied territories that were fully annexed to Israel, namely East Jerusalem (part of the West Bank) and the Golan Heights (occupied from Syria). Under the Antiquities Law of the State of Israel of 1978, the archaeological activity in these territories is de facto administered by the Israel Antiquities Authority. The list also includes sites within the Palestinian territories (claimed by the State of Palestine). Archaeological activity in these territories is administered by the Staff Officer for Archaeology in Judea and Samaria of the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinian Department of Antiquities of the Palestinian National Authority.

The sites appear by the name in articles, and in cases where other names exist, they are listed in the "Alternative name(s)" column. The sites are also divided between different natural and geographical regions.

The chronological periods are abbreviated in this way:

List

Name Alternative Name(s) Pa EP Ne Ch EB IB MB LB IA Pe He Ro By EA Cr Ma Ot Region Features and notes
Tel Abel Beth Maachah Tell Abil el-Qameḥ  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[1] Hula Valley
Tell Abu Hawam  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[2] Haifa, Coastal Plain
Abu Zurayq Tel Zariq  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Jezreel Valley
Achziv Az-Zeeb, al-Zib, al-Zaib  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[3] Northern coastal plain
Tel Acre Tell el-Fukhar  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[4] Northern Coastal Plain
Adullam Eîd el Mieh, Khirbet ‘Id el-Minya Elah Valley
Tel Afek Tell Kurdana  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[5]  Y[6] Northern Coastal Plain
Ahwat El-Ahwat  Y  Y[7] Samaria
Ain Mallaha Eynan  Y[8] Hula Valley
Tall al-Ajjul  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[9] Gaza Strip
Alexandrium Alexandrium, Sartaba, Qarn Sartabe  Y[10] Jordan Valley
Tel Anafa Tel el-Hader  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[11] Hula Valley
Anim synagogue  Y  Y[12] Judea
Antipatris Tel Afek, Kŭlảt Râs el ’Ain  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[13] Coastal plain
Amud Cave  Y[14] Upper Galilee
Apollonia-Arsuf Arsur  Y  Y[15]  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[16] Sharon Plain
Tel Arad  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[17] Negev Arad ostraca
Arbel Khirbet Irbid  Y  Y  Y[18] Lower Galilee
Ashdod Tel Ashdod [he]  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[19] Coastal Plain
Ashdod-Yam  Y  Y  Y[20]  Y  Y  Y[21] Coastal Plain
Ashkelon Tel Ashkelon  Y[22]  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[23]  Y[24]  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[25] Coastal Plain Ashkelon dog cemetery
Avdat Abdah, Ovdat, Obodat  Y  Y[26] Negev
Tel Azekah  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[27] Shfela
Tell Balata Shechem  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[28] Samaria
Banias Caesarea Philippi  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[29] Golan Heights
Bar'am Synagogue  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[30] Upper Galilee
Tel Be'er Sheva Tell es-Seba  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Negev
Beth Alpha Bet Alpha, Bet Alfa  Y  Y[31] Lower Galilee
Beit Guvrin Bayt Jibrin, Eleutheropolis  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[32] Shfela (Beit Guvrin National Park)
Beit She'arim (Roman-era Jewish village) Sheikh Abreik Jezreel Valley
Betar Khirbet al-Yahud  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[33] Judea
Bethsaida et-Tell  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[34] Upper Galilee
Tell Beit Mirsim  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[35] Shfela
Beit She'an Scythopolis  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[36]  Y  Y Lower Galilee
Beit She'arim Bet She'arāyim, Kfar She'arāyim  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[37] Lower Galilee
Belvoir Fortress Kochav HaYarden  Y  Y[38] Lower Galilee
Bir Abu Matar Khirbet Abu Matar  Y  Y[39] Negev
Bir el Qutt  Y Judean Desert
Tel Burga Khirbet al-Bureij  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[40] Sharon Plain
Cabul Chabolo, Chabulon  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[41] Upper Galilee
Caesarea Maritima Caesarea Palestinae  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[42] Sharon Plain Birds Mosaic, Pilate stone
Capernaum Kfar Nahum  Y  Y[43] Korazim Plateau
Cave of Horror Cave 8  Y[44] Judean Desert
Cave of Letters  Y  Y[45] Judean Desert
Cave of the Minor Sanhedrin  Y[46] Jerusalem, Judea
Cave of Nicanor  Y[47] Jerusalem, Judea
Château Pèlerin Atlit fortress, Castle Pilgrim  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[48] Sharon Plain Today within a close military area of the Atlit naval base
Chorazin Korazim  Y  Y[49] Korazim Plateau
Daughters of Jacob Bridge Gesher Bnot Ya'akov, Jisr Benat Ya'kub  Y  Y[50]  Y  Y  Y Korazim Plateau
Tel Dan Tell el-Qadi  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[51] Hula Valley Tel Dan Stele
Ed-Dikke synagogue Golan Heights
Dothan Tel Dothan  Y  Y[52] Samaria
En Esur Ein el-Asawir  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Sharon Plain
Ein HaBesor  Y  Y  Y[53] Negev
Ein Bokek Metzad Bokek  Y  Y  Y  Y[54] Dead Sea
Ein Feshkha Enot Zukim  Y  Y  Y[55] Dead Sea
Ein Hemed Aqua Bella Judea
Ein el-Jarba En Nahlaot  Y  Y  Y[56] Jezreel Valley
Ein Gedi  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[57] Dead Sea Chalcolithic Temple of Ein Gedi
El Khiam  Y  Y  Y[58] Judea Type-site of the Khiamian culture
Emmaus Nicopolis Emmaus  Y  Y  Y  Y[59]  Y  Y Judea
Tel Erani Tell esh-Sheikh Ahmed el-ʿAreini  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[60] Shfela
Et-Tell Ai  Y  Y[61] Judea
Ekron Tel Miqne, Khirbet el-Muqanna, Accaron  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[62] Shfela
Eleutheropolis Shfela
Eshtemoa synagogue  Y  Y  Y  Y[63] Judea
Tell el-Far'ah (North) Tirzah  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[64] Samaria
Tell el-Far'ah (South)  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[65] Negev
Galgala Jordan Valley
Gamla Gamala, Al-Sunâm  Y  Y  Y[66] Golan Heights
Gath Tell es-Safi, Tel Tzafit  Y?  Y?  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[67] Shfela
Gaza synagogue Gaza Strip
Tel Gerisa Tell Jerishe, Tell Jarisha, Napoleon's Hill  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[68] Coastal Plain
Gezer Tel Gezer  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[69] Shfela
Gibeon Giv'on  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[70] Judea
Gilgal I  Y[71] Jordan Valley
Givati Parking Lot dig Jersuaelm, Judea
Tell Hadar  Y  Y[72] Lower Galilee
Hamat Gader  Y  Y  Y  Y[73] Golan Heights
Hamat Tiberias  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[74] Lower Galilee
Tell el Hammeh  Y  Y  Y  Y[75] Jordan Valley
Tel Hanaton Tal Badawiye  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Beit Netufa Valley
Haluza Halasa, Chellous Negev
Tel Hashash  Y  Y[76] Tel Aviv, Coastal Plain
Hatula  Y[77] Judea
Har Senaim Senaim Golan Heights
Tell el-Hesi Coastal Plain
Hasmonean royal winter palaces Tulul Abu al-'Alayiq Jordan Valley Wadi Qelt Synagogue
Tel Hazor Hatzor, Tell el-Qedah  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[78] Korazim Plateau
Hebron Al-Khalil Judea
Herodium Herodeion Judea
Hippos Sussita  Y  Y  Y[79] Golan Heights
Huldah Gates Jerusalem, Judea
Hurvat Amudim Sde Amudim Beit Netofa Valley
Hurvat Itri Umm Suweid Elah Valley
Huqoq Hucuca Upper Galilee
Horvat Maon Khirbet Maʿin, Tell Maʿin Negev
Horbat 'Uza  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[80] Northern Coastal (Akko) Plain
Horvat Uza  Y  Y  Y[81] Negev
Hyrcania Khirbet el-Mird, Kastellion  Y  Y  Y[82] Judean Desert
Ir Ovot Negev
Israelite Tower Jerusalem, Judea
Jaffa Yafo, Yaffa, Japho, Joppa  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[83]  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Coastal Plain
Jason's Tomb Jerusalem, Judea
Jish Gush Halav Upper Galilee
Jubb Yussef Joseph's Well Korazim Plateau
Jezreel Zar'in  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[84]  Y  Y  Y Jezreel Valley
Hisham's Palace Qaṣr Hishām, Khirbat al-Mafjar Jordan Valley
Temple Mount Har HaBayit, Haram esh-Sharif, Al Aqsa Compound Jerusalem, Judea King Hezekiah bulla, Ophel Treasure, Ophel inscription
Western Wall Tunnel Jerusalem, Judea
City of David Wadi Hilweh  Y[52] Jerusalem, Judea
Pool of Bethesda Jerusalem, Judea
Southern Wall Jerusalem, Judea Trumpeting Place inscription
Jerusalem pilgrim road Jerusalem, Judea
Tell ej-Judeideh  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[85] Shfela
Tel Kabri Tell al-Qahweh  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[86] Northern Coastal Plain
Kebara Cave  Y  Y  Y[87] Sharon Plain Kebara 2
Kfar Giladi Upper Galilee
Kfar HaHoresh Lower Galilee
Kafr 'Inan Upper Galilee
Kfar Monash Sharon Plain Kfar Monash Hoard
Kafr Kanna Upper Galilee
Kafr Yasif Upper Galilee
Khirbat al-Minya Ayn Minyat Hisham, Hurvat Minim Lower Galilee
Khirbet Beit Lei Beth Loya  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[88] Shfela
Khirbat Al-Burj Burj Binyamina Sharon Plain
Khirbet Ibziq Bezek Samaria
Khirbet Kerak Beth Yerah  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[89] Lower Galilee
Khirbet Kefireh Judea
Khirbet el-Maqatir  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[90]  Y Samaria
Khirbet Mazin Metzad Kidron Dead Sea
Khirbet Qana Beit Netofa Valley
Khirbet Qeiyafa Elah Fortress  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[91] Judea
Khirbet el-Qom  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[92] Judea
Khirbet Sharta Northern Coastal Plain
Khirbat Umm Burj Elah Valley
Khirbet et-Tibbaneh Timnah of Judah Judea
Khirbet Tibnah Samaria
Kursi, Golan Heights Golan Heights
Katzrin ancient village and synagogue Golan Heights
Laura of Euthymius Judea
Tel Lachish  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[93] Shfela
Legio Jezreel Valley
Lod Lyyda Coastal Plain Lod Mosaic
Lotz Cisterns Borot Loz Negev
Magdala Migdal Lower Galilee Migdal Synagogue, Magdala stone
Maon Synagogue Negev
Maoz Haim Synagogue Lower Galilee
Mampsis Mamshit, Memphis Negev
Mamre Ramat el-Khalil Judea
Manot Cave Upper Galilee
Maresha  Y[52] Shfela
Mary's Well Lower Galilee
Masada Judean Desert
Mazor Mausoleum Coastal Plain
Tel Megiddo Tell al-Mutesellim  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[94] Jezreel Valley
Megiddo church Jezreel Valley
Mesad Hashavyahu Coastal Plain
Tel Mevorakh Tall al-Mubarak Carmel Coast
Tel Michal  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[95] Sharon Plain
Minat al-Qal'a Coastal Plain
Misliya cave Brotzen Cave Mount Carmel
Mount Gerizim Har Grizim Samaria
Mount of Beatitudes Har HaOsher Korazim Plateau
Monastery of Martyrius Judean Desert
Monastery of the Virgins Jerusalem, Judea
Monolith of Silwan Tomb of Pharaoh's Daughter Jerusalem, Judea
Montfort Castle Upper Galilee
Mujahia Nab‘a el-Mjảḥiyye Golan Heights
Naaran Jordan Valley
Nabratein synagogue Upper Galilee
Nahal Hemar Judean Desert
Nahal Issaron Negev
Nahal Tut Menashe Heights
Tell en-Nasbeh Mizpeh  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[96] Judea Jaazaniah
Neve David Mount Carmel
Netiv HaGdud Jordan Valley
Nahal Amud Upper Galilee Amud 1
Nahal Me'arot Wadi el-Mughara Mount Carmel
Nimrod Fortress Golan Heights
Nitzana Negev
Ohalo Lower Galilee
Omrit Horbat Omrit Golan Heights
Peace Forest Jerusalem, Judea Caiaphas ossuary
Peki'in Synagogue Upper Galilee
Phasael tower Hippicus Tower Jerusalem, Judea
Tell Qasile  Y[52] Tel Aviv, Coastal Plain
Tel Qashish Tell el-Qassis  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[97] Jezreel Valley
Qesem cave Sharon Plain
Tel Qiri  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[98] Jezreel Valley
Qubur Bani Isra'il Judea
Tell Qudadi  Y  Y  Y[99] Tel Aviv, Coastal Plain
Qumran Khirbet Qumran Dead Sea
Qumran Caves Dead Sea
Ramat Rachel Jerusalem, Judea
Ramat HaNadiv Umm el-'Aleq Mount Carmel
Tel Rehov Jordan Valley Mosaic of Rehob
Tel Rekhesh  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[100] Lower Galilee
Tel Rosh Khirbet Tell ‘er-Ruwesah  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[101] Upper Galilee
Rujm el-Hiri Golan Heights
Tel Rumeida Jabla al-Rahama  Y[52] Hebron, Judea
Tell El Sakan Gaza Strip
Sataf  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y[102] Judea
Safed Upper Galilee
Sde Nahum Beit She'an Valley
Sebastia Shomron Samaria
Shfaram synagogue Lower Galilee
Sha'ar HaGolan Lower Galilee Type-site of the Yarmukian culture
Shalom Al Yisrael Synagogue Jericho, Jordan Valley
Tel Shem Tell esh Shammam  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y