Gezer
Israel /
Hamerkaz /
Mazkeret Batya /
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World / Israel
archaeological site, tell (mound)
Gezer (Hebrew: גֶּזֶר) was a Canaanite city-state and biblical town in ancient Israel.[1] Tel Gezer (also Tell el-Jezer), an archaeological site midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, is now an Israeli national park.
Interesting discoveries related to Biblical archaeology are eight monumental megaliths; a double cave beneath the high place, probably used for divinatory purposes; 9 inscribed boundary stones, making it the first positively identified Biblical city; a 6-chambered gate similar to those found at Hazor and Megiddo; and a large water-system comprising a tunnel going down to a spring, similar to that found in Jerusalem.
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Interesting discoveries related to Biblical archaeology are eight monumental megaliths; a double cave beneath the high place, probably used for divinatory purposes; 9 inscribed boundary stones, making it the first positively identified Biblical city; a 6-chambered gate similar to those found at Hazor and Megiddo; and a large water-system comprising a tunnel going down to a spring, similar to that found in Jerusalem.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Petrie_1897...
www.archaeowiki.org/Gezer
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gezer
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 31°51'34"N 34°55'17"E
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