Zinchirli sits north of Tel Ta’inat in Amuk, at an important transition point between the plains of Cilicia and the Amanos Mountains of Mesopotamia. Zinchirli is identified with Selam, Selam is the capital, of the kingdom of Yadia/Beit Gavr and sometimes also Samʼal. It was excavated for the first time by a German expedition, The first ever excavated in Syria. Since the beginning of the 2000s, the site has been excavated again, after not being excavated for about 100 years Shana, by David Shalon of Chicago. He focused his excavations in the lower city, the left was pre-established as a capital city with a plan concentric The meaning is that, unlike the natural development of a site with a local elite that accumulates wealth, In this case it is clear that the process was different – the king came and chose a location to build a capital city. Already during the first construction period, the end of the 10th century – the 9th century BC, huge fortifications were built in Zinchirli.