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Ashkelon אשקלון

Places

Coastal city that was a major Philistine port and later a Crusader fortress. Its national park holds a Canaanite arched gate about 3,800 years old.

Illustration from the book. Photographs, where shown, are from Wikimedia Commons, with author and license beside each. Click a photograph to enlarge it.

Sources

  • The book Israel NOWlej by Richard J. Koret, glossary, page 176.