Archaeological sites (OT)

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1. Maps of archaeological sites relating to the Old Testament
2. Historical Geography of the Holy Land by George A. Smith (1915)
3. OT Archaeology
4. General sites
5. Acco (Ptolemais of Roman times)
6. Achzib
7. Ai – Et-Tell – photo gallery & links | Khirbet el-Maqatir (photo gallery) | “Locating Biblical Ai Correctly” by David Livingstone
8. Aijalon
9. Aphek (NT Antipatris)
10. Arad | photo gallery & links | More photos | History, archaeology, photos
11. Aroer
12. Ashdod (NT Azotus) – History | Archaeology
13. Ashkelon – Archaeology | Photo gallery & links | Tour of site
14. Azekah
15. Babylon – Excavations | artist’s conception of Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon | Images, maps, architecture, etc. | Excavations at Babylon by Robert Koldewey (1914)
16. Beer-sheba | photo gallery & links
17. Bethel
18. Bethlehem (see NT arch.)
19. Beth-shean (NT Scythopolis) | Excavations nearby
20. Beth-shemesh (Khirbet Rumeila) | photo gallery & links
21. Beth-zur
22. Carchemish
23. Chinnereth
24. Damascus | Photos | Tour of City and vicinity
25. Dan – history | photo gallery & links
26. Debir (Tel Rabud)
27. Dor
28. Dothan
29. Dura-Europus synagogue
30. Ebla (Tel Mardikh) – Intro. | Urban Landscape of Old Syrian Ebla (PDF, 21 pp)
31. Eilat
32. Ekron
33. el-Farah
34. Ein-gedi | Illustrated history | Excavation Report
35. Gath (Tel es-Safi) – Intro. to Gath excavation | Gath Excavation Blog | “Goliath” inscription
36. Gaza – Excavation of Byzantine monastery
37. Gezer – Gezer calendar | Current excavation | photo gallery & links | Report on Macalister’s excavation – Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3
38. Gibeah (of Saul) (Tell el-Ful)
39. Gibeon (el-Jib) – Photo gallery
40. Gilgal | History
41. Hammath (Ammathus)
42. Haran (Later called Carrhae and now Harran, Turkey) – Bible Atlas from Space | Photo tour | Harran Stelae | “The Aramaeans of Haran” by E. G. H. Kraeling (from his Columbia Ph.D. diss., 1917)
43. Hazor – Intro. | Excavation | photo gallery & links | Water system
44. Hebron – Photo gallery (see Machpelah, Cave of)
45. Heshbon (Hesban) – Andrews University excavations
46. Iskander
47. Jericho | photo gallery and links to other Jericho sites | Municipality of Jericho
48. Jerusalem (see NT arch.)
    1. City of David (Flash tour)
    2. Jerusalem: Topography, Economics, and History from the Earliest Times to A.D. 70 by George Adam Smith (1909) **Caution: 23.68 Mb**
    3. City of David (area G)
    4. Warren’s Shaft
    5. Hezekiah’s tunnel | Siloam inscription  [TOP]
49. Joppa
50. Kadesh-barnea
51. Kadesh
52. Kedesh – The site | The excavation
53. Kiriath-jearim
54. Lachish | Lachish artifacts in British Museum | history of Lachish
55. Lod (NT Lydda)
56. Machpelah, Cave of
57. Mahanaim
58. Mampsis
59. Mamre
60. Mareshah
61. Masada (“The Stronghold”) | photo gallery & links
62. Medeba
63. Megiddo | photo gallery and links | Megiddo Battle of Thutmosis III | Megiddo Expedition | Battles of Armageddon
64. Mezad Hashavyahu
65. Michmash
66. Migdal
67. Mizpah – Most likely site: Tell en-Nasbeh | Addition information about excavation | Online database of artifacts
68. Nebo (Jebel Musa) – Photos | Excavation & more photos
69. Nineveh – Discoveries at Nineveh by Austen Henry Layard | Another Nineveh site
70. Persepolis
71. Qasila – Archaeology of Qasila
72. Qumran – The site | Intro. to Dead Sea Scrolls | A day at Qumran
73. Rabbath-ammon (Philadelphia, modern Amman, Jordan) – History | Citadel inscription
74. Rabbah (NT Philadelphia of the Decapolis, modern Amman, capital of Jordan)
75. Ramah
76. Rekem (see Petra of Hellenistic and Roman period)
77. Rosh ha-Niqra
78. Samaria (NT Sebaste) – Plan of Harvard excavation (1908-1910) | Harvard excavation, vol. 1 – text | Vol. 2 – plans and plates | Wikipedia article: “Samaria (ancient city)”
79. Sharuhan (K. el-Ajjul)
80. Shechem – Archaeology and history | photo gallery & links
81. Shiloh – Archaeology | photo gallery and links
82. esh-Shuna (Tell Asmar)
83. Sidon
84. Succoth
85. Susa – Site and finds | Detailed information
86. Timnah (Waddi Menelya)
87. Tirzah (Aenon)
88. Tyre
89. Ugarit – Ugarit and Old Testament | Ras Shamra Project
90. Ur – Treasures from the Royal Tombs | Royal cemetery of Ur | Ziggurat at Ur | Sargonic texts in the Louvre (plates start on p. 171)
91. Ziklag (T. esh-Sharia)
92. Zippori (T. et-Tuyur, Sepphoris of Roman times) [TOP]