324Sites
Ancient sites in Israel
324 places of the ancient world in Israel: cities and settlements 204, forts and camps 24, aqueducts and baths 24, temples and sanctuaries 21, bridges, road stations and ports 18. Most often first recorded: Roman period.
204Cities and settlements
21Temples and sanctuaries
1Villas and houses
7Eras
Where the ancient sites are
Before 750 BCArchaic periodClassical periodHellenistic periodRoman periodLate AntiquityMiddle Ages
When they first appear
Before 750 BC84
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC5
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC7
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC69
Roman period30 BC – AD 300107
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 64034
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 14535
By kind
Cities and settlements204
Forts and camps24
Aqueducts and baths24
Temples and sanctuaries21
Bridges, road stations and ports18
Archaeological sites17
Theatres and amphitheatres6
Tombs and cemeteries6
Mines and quarries3
Villas and houses1
The best-known sites
EbodaSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
Midreshet Ben-GurionMampsisSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
DimonaAke / PtolemaisSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages · World Heritage
AcreSobataSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
AshalimElousaSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
RetamimMasadaFort · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
AradBeer Sheva / BerosabaSettlement · Before 750 BC – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
BeershebaMagidûSettlement · Before 750 BC · World Heritage
Maale IronTimnahMine or quarry · Archaic period – Roman period · World Heritage
Be’er OraDanSettlement · Archaic period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
DanTel HazorSettlement · Before 750 BC · World Heritage
Ayelet HaShaharBeit She’arimTomb or cemetery · Roman period – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
Kiryat Tiv'onIerusalem / Hierosolyma / Colonia Aelia CapitolinaSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
JerusalemAshdod / AzotosSettlement · Before 750 BC – Late Antiquity
AshdodScythopolis / NysaTheatre or arena · Archaic period – Late Antiquity
Bet She’anPegai / Antipatris / ArethousaSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
Rosh HaAyinAshqelon / AscalonTemple or sanctuary · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
AshkelonPaneas / Caesarea PhilippiSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
SnirSepphoris / DiocaesareaSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
ShimshitStratonos Pyrgos / CaesareaSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
CaesareaBeth Govrin / EleutheropolisSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
Beit GuvrinIoppeSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
Bat YamTiberiasSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
TiberiasLydda / Diospolis / GeorgioupolisSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
LodRegions
Every site
Towns with the most ancient sites
JerusalemSites: 11
AradSites: 7
Rosh HaAyinSites: 7
Kiryat Tiv'onSites: 5
Qidmat TsviSites: 4
Bet She’anSites: 4
TiberiasSites: 4
Be’er OraSites: 4
‘Ar‘ara BaNegevSites: 3
MeronSites: 3
Maale IronSites: 3
AshdodSites: 3
Tel AvivSites: 3
Beit GuvrinSites: 3
Beit ShemeshSites: 3
UrimSites: 3
Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘utSites: 3
Ein GediSites: 3