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Tel Kabri
Tel Kabri is an archaeological site in the Western Galilee in northwestern Israel and the location of one of the largest palaces in Canaan in the Middle Bronze Age or "MB" (c. 2,000–1,500 BCE), the period in which Tel Kabri was at the height...
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Archaeological Excavations at Tel Kabri
Tel Kabri is an archaeological site in northwestern Israel that is best known as the location of one of the largest palaces in Canaan in the Middle Bronze Age or "MB" (ca. 2,000–1,500 BCE). Although Tel Kabri reached the height of its power...
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The History of Excavations at Tel Gezer
The archaeological site of Tel Gezer is located in central Israel at the edge of the western mountains near the Shephelah, about 9 or 10 km southwest of the city of Ramleh. Gezer was one of the famed "Solomonic" cities of the Hebrew Bible...
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Tel Kabri Orthostat Building
The "Orthostat Building" in Tel Kabri's Area D-West originally discovered in 2011. The Orthostat Building is believed to have been constructed as part of the Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri between 1600 and 1550 BCE during...
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Overhead shot of Tel Kabri
An image of Tel Kabri's Area D-West as it was at the end of the 2013 season. The excavators have lain down in Ceremonial Hall 611 and are spelling out the name of the site for a photo competition that was being held at the time. The top of...
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Stone Vessels from Tel Kabri
Some of the stone vessels found at Tel Kabri in 1956. These vessels are from the Wadi Rabah material culture which inhabited Tel Kabri and the surrounding area from 4500–3500 BCE. These objects are now on display in the Israel Museum.
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Ceremonial Hall 611, Tel Kabri
The ceremonial hall at Tel Kabri as it appeared in 2015 CE. The hall was constructed c. 1720 BCE as part of the second phase of Tel Kabri's Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palace. It is believed to have served as the focal point of the palace...
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Tel Kabri location within Israel
A map showing the location of Tel Kabri within the borders of the modern State of Israel.
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Tel Kabri Area DS-1, 2011
Area DS-1 of Tel Kabri in 2011 as seen from the Mandate Period road.
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2013 image of labelled wine jars in first Tel Kabri wine cellar towards the southeast
An image of the wine pithos at Tel Kabri's Area D-West in situ during the 2013 excavation. The pithos were excavated out after the photo and this storage room is now covered over for conservation purposes. For purposes of the excavation...