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Part of the 'Biblical Tels – Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba' World Heritage Site [34] Beth Alpha: Bet Alpha, Bet Alfa [35] Beit Guvrin: Bayt Jibrin, Eleutheropolis [36] Part of the 'Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves' World Heritage Site [37] Beit She'arim (Roman-era Jewish village)
The site represents one of the largest ancient city mounds in Israel, its surface area comprising 120,000 m 2 in size, divided into an "Upper City" (40,000 m 2) and a "Lower City" (80,000 m 2). Archaeological excavations have been conducted at Rehov since 1997, under the directorship of Amihai Mazar.
The State of Israel ratified the convention on 6 October 1999, making its cultural and natural sites eligible for inclusion on the list. The country has nine sites, all of which are cultural. The earliest inclusions were Masda and the Old City of Acre in 2001; the latest inclusion was the network of caves at Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park in ...
For ancient sites from the beginnings of written history to Alexander the Great's conquest, see Category:Ancient sites in Israel. For sites from the Greek and Roman eras, see Category:Classical sites in Israel. For medieval sites, see Category:Medieval sites in Israel. Most archaeological sites will fall into multiple categories.
Sepphoris (/ s ɪ ˈ f ɔːr ɪ s / sif-OR-iss; Ancient Greek: Σεπφωρίς, romanized: Sépphōris), known in Hebrew as Tzipori (צִפּוֹרִי Ṣīppōrī) [2] [3] and in Arabic as Saffuriya [4] (صفورية Ṣaffūriya) [a] is an archaeological site and former Palestinian village located in the central Galilee region of Israel, 6 ...
Tel Megiddo (from Hebrew: תל מגידו) is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo (/ m ə ˈ ɡ ɪ d oʊ /; Greek: Μεγιδδώ), the remains of which form a tell or archaeological mound, situated in northern Israel at the western edge of the Jezreel Valley about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Haifa near the depopulated Palestinian town of Lajjun and subsequently Kibbutz Megiddo.
A U.N. committee voted Sunday to list prehistoric ruins near the ancient West Bank city of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine, a decision that angered Israel, which controls the ...
Ancient sites in Jerusalem (3 C, 28 P) Pages in category "Ancient sites in Israel" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.