119Sites
Ancient sites in Palestine
119 places of the ancient world in Palestine: cities and settlements 77, temples and sanctuaries 18, forts and camps 9, aqueducts and baths 4, archaeological sites 4. Most often first recorded: Hellenistic period.
77Cities and settlements
18Temples and sanctuaries
1Villas and houses
6Eras
Where the ancient sites are
Before 750 BCArchaic periodClassical periodHellenistic periodRoman periodLate Antiquity
When they first appear
Before 750 BC20
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC2
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC2
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC34
Roman period30 BC – AD 30031
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 64025
By kind
Cities and settlements77
Temples and sanctuaries18
Forts and camps9
Aqueducts and baths4
Archaeological sites4
Tombs and cemeteries3
Bridges, road stations and ports2
Theatres and amphitheatres1
Villas and houses1
The best-known sites
Samaria / SebasteSettlement · Before 750 BC – Late Antiquity · World Heritage
SabasţīyahJerichoSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages · World Heritage
JerichoTell Umm AmerTemple or sanctuary · World Heritage
Az ZuwāydahGazaSettlement · Before 750 BC – Middle Ages
GazaNeapolisTheatre or arena · Archaic period – Late Antiquity
NablusAnthedon / AgrippiasSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
JabālyāEmmaus / NicopolisSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
Bayt NūbāGazaion Limen / Constantia / NeapolisSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
GazaRaphiaSettlement · Before 750 BC – Late Antiquity
RafaḩSykomazonSettlement · Late Antiquity
Az ZuwāydahBeitinSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
Al BīrahTirzahSettlement · Before 750 BC
Al BādhānSychemSettlement · Archaic period – Hellenistic period
NablusArchelaisSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
Al ‘AwjāBethlehemSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
BethlehemGophnaSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
JifnāHebronSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
HebronThamnaSettlement · Hellenistic period – Late Antiquity
Banī ZaydZiphSettlement · Roman period – Late Antiquity
Khallat ad DārṢuwwānet eth-ThanīyaSettlement · Before 750 BC – Roman period
JerichoS. PorphyriusTemple or sanctuary
GazaSaltus ConstantinianusVilla · Late Antiquity
Tell el-AjjulSettlement · Before 750 BC
An NuşayrātTell es-SamaratSettlement
JerichoRegions
Every site
Towns with the most ancient sites
JerichoSites: 5
NablusSites: 5
GazaSites: 3
BethlehemSites: 3
Al RashaydehSites: 3
Al BīrahSites: 2
An NuşayrātSites: 2
Bayt LiqyāSites: 2
TayāsīrSites: 2
As Samū‘Sites: 2
Al ‘AwjāSites: 2
Za‘tarahSites: 2
Al KarmilSites: 2
Dayr ḨajalahSites: 2
YaţţāSites: 2
Al ‘AyzarīyahSites: 2
Al ‘UbaydīyahSites: 2
Kafr MālikSites: 2