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Tel Miqne (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 31 47 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.7833 decimal degrees |
Long: 034 51 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.8500 decimal degrees |
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Note: 30 km SW of Jerusalem; near modern Revadim; inscription found in 1996 confirms the site was ancient Ekron, 1 of 5 Iron Age (1200-600 BCE) Philistine capitals mentioned in the Bible & Assyrian annals; a NE acropolis & temple complex have been excavated; center for olive oil processing; other artifacts reveal textile industry & extensive foreign contact; city especially prosperous during the 7th cen. BCE when city was linked with the Neo-Assyrian Empire; fell to the Babylonians in 603 BCE. |
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Tel Miqne (preferred,C,V)
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Tel Elteqe (C,V)
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Tel Elteqa (C,V)
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Khirbat al-Muqanna (C,O)
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Tel Miqne-Ekron (C,O)
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Ekron (H,V)
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............ | 1200-600 BCE |
Akkaron (H,O)
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............ | Hellenistic period: 323-27 BCE |
Accaron (H,O)
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............ | Hellenistic period: ca. 323-27 BCE |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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ancient site (C) |
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fortified settlement (H) |
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industrial center (H) |
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city (H) |
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