New excavations at Ashkelon, “southern gateway” to the Holy Land
The city of Ashkelon lies in southern Israel, overlooking the sea, a few kilometers from the Gaza Strip. It has always been a crucial junction on the route to and from Egypt, a strip of land where peoples and cultures have alternated.
RAFAEL LEWIS
@UniversityofHaifa
“Tel Ashkelon is considered to be one of the most important coast lines of the Holy Land and many regard it as the southern gate to the Holy Land. What is less known is that Ashkelon was also a very important during the Roman, Byzantine and Crusader period”.
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