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Tel Arad

Tell Arad
Israel3000 BCE586 BCEBronze Age — Iron Age31.27, 35.08
About the site

Fortified city in the Negev with a well-preserved Israelite temple. Arad Ostraca provide administrative records from the First Temple period.

Principal findings
  • iIsraelite Temple complex
  • iiArad Ostraca (ink inscriptions)
  • iiiFortress walls
  • ivCanaanite strata

Excavators — Yohanan Aharoni