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Shiloh

Khirbet Seilun
Palestine1400 BCE1000 BCELate Bronze — Iron Age32.06, 35.28
About the site

Site of the Tabernacle before the Temple was built in Jerusalem. Destroyed by the Philistines, it is central to the narrative of the Book of Judges and Samuel.

Principal findings
  • iTabernacle courtyard remains
  • iiIron Age storage jars
  • iiiDestruction layer
  • ivPilgrimage inscriptions

Excavators — Israel Finkelstein, Yitzhak Magen