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Hazor

Tell el-Qedah
Israel2500 BCE732 BCEBronze Age — Assyrian Conquest33.02, 35.57
About the site

Largest fortified city in the Holy Land during the Bronze Age. Biblical accounts describe Joshua destroying Hazor, confirmed by destruction layers found in excavations.

Principal findings
  • iMassive Canaanite palace complex
  • iiBiblical destruction layer circa 13th century BCE
  • iiiStele of Hatzor
  • ivIron Age Israelite fortifications

Excavators — Yigael Yadin, Amnon Ben-Tor