The following two sites contain a cumulative index of archaeological sites in Israel and brief descriptions of each site.

Israeli Government Index

Jewish Virtual Library Index

Alphabetical Index of Archaeological Sites- Israel/Jordan/Palestine

The sites listed alphabetically below contain groups of links to various sites providing information on individual projects:

Abila – Ancient Decapolis City with Painted Tombs: http://www.abila.org

Aila (Roman Aqaba) – Earliest Purpose-built Church:
http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/history/rapweb/1996.htm
http://www.tfba.org/aila-roman-aqaba.html

Akko – Maritime Capital of the Crusader Kingdom:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0gbx0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Akko.html

Apollonia-Arsuf – Crusader City and Fortress on the Mediterranean Coast:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0k490
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Apollonia.html

Arad – Canaanite City and Israelite Fortress:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0ie80
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/arad.html
http://www.ebibletools.com/israel/arad/index.html

Ashdod – One of the Five Philistine Cities:
http://www.ctsp.co.il/LBS%20pages/LBS_ashdod.htm
http://home.uleth.ca/geo/ashdod.htm

Ashkelon – Ancient Seaport, Capital of Canaanite Kings, Harbor of the Philistines:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic/ashkelon_dig.html
http://fas-www.harvard.edu/~semitic/ashkelon_dig.html
http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/ASH/NN_Spr95/NN_Spr95.html

Avdat – Ancient Nabatean City:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0g730
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Avdat.html
http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~bazlov/israel/avdat.html

Banais/Banyas (Caesarea Philippi):
http://www.pepperdine.edu/seaver/religion/ISAR/Excavation.htm
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00v60
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/banyas.html

Be’er Sheva – Prehistoric Dwelling Sites:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0g720
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Beersheva1.html

Be’er Sheva – Southern Border of the Kingdom of Judah:
http://weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/Anthro/classes/tlevy/shiqmim/shiqmim_home_page.htm
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00v20
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/beersheva.html
http://www.ebibletools.com/israel/beersheba/index.html

Beit Govrin – Roman Amphitheater:
http://www.biu.ac.il/JS/archaeo/guvrin1.htm
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/govrin.html

Beit Shemesh – Biblical City between Judah and Philistia:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0ie60
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Bet_Shemesh.html

Belvoir – Crusader Fortress overlooking Jordan Valley:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0g6x0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Belvoir.html

Beth She’arim – Jewish Necropolis of the Roman Period:
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/mls4n/home.html
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0ie10
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Bet_Shearim.html

Beth Shean – Biblical and Scythopolis:
http://www.rehov.org/
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0k480
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/govrin.html
http://www.israntique.org.il/img/bshean/bs_map.html

Bethsaida – New Testament City associated with Apostles:
http://cid.unomaha.edu/~betsaida/
http://www.hartford.edu/greenberg/bethsaida/
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0gby0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Bethsaida.html

Caesarea Maritima (Sebastos) – Largest Ancient Harbor on the eastern Mediterranean:
http://www.digcaesarea.org/
http://www.usd.edu/~clehmann/caesarea.html
http://www.park.org/Canada/Museum/caesarea/CaesareaHome.html
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0gc40
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Caesarea.html

Cana (Khirbet Cana) – Ancient Pilgrimage Site:
http://www.ups.edu/community/cana/home.htm
http://www.nexfind.com/cana/index.html
http://www.tfba.org/khirbet-cana.html

Capharaum (Capernaum) – New Testament City associated with Ministry of Jesus: http://198.62.75.1/www1/ofm/sites/TScpmain.html

Capharnaum (Capernaum) – House Church of Peter: http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/stpeter.html

Capharnaum (Capernaum) – Ancient Synagogue:
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/capesyn.html
http://faculty.smu.edu/dbinder/capernaum.html

Carmel Caves –- Dwellings of Pre-historic Man:
http://archlgy.haifa.ac.il/CarmelCaves/
http://ohalo.haifa.ac.il/
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00v90
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/carmel.html
http://www.ebibletools.com/israel/carmel/index.html

Eilat – (Modern Aqaba Region):
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00v30
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/eilat.html

"Ein Gedi – Ancient Oasis Settlement:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0g710
http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/archaeology/eingedi/index.htm
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/eingedi.html

Ekron (Tel Miqne):
http://www.imj.org.il/newant/telmiqne.html
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0g700
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Ekron.html

En Haseva (Ein Hatzeva) – Israelite Fortress on the Border with Edom:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dp10
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Hatzeva.html

Gamla –Hasemonean City in the Golan:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00v70
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/gamala.html
http://faculty.smu.edu/dbinder/gamla.html

Golan (Rogem Hiri) – Ancient Megalithic Complex:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dou0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Rogem_Hiri.html
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Rogem.html

Hamat Gader – Ancient Baths of Medicinal Hot Springs:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0g6w0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Hamat.html

Har Karkom – Proposed Site of Biblical Mt. Sinai:
http://www.harkarkom.com/
http://cronus.spaceports.com/~wara/harkarkom1.html

Hatzor – Ancient Canaanite and Israelite City:
http://unixware.mscc.huji.ac.il/~hatsor/hazor.html
http://unixware.mscc.huji.ac.il/~hatsor/index.htm
http://micro5.mscc.huji.ac.il/~hatsor/
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0g6u0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Hatzor.html
http://www.ebibletools.com/israel/hazor/index.html

Herodion (Herodium) – Palace of King Herod:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0ie70
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Herodian1.html
http://faculty.smu.edu/dbinder/herodium.html

Hippos (Sussita) – Ancient Decapolis City : http://hippos.haifa.ac.il/

Jabal Hamrat Fidan Project : http://weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/Anthro/classes/tlevy/Fidan/Fidan01.html

Jericho – Ancient Biblical City: http://www.howardbloom.net/jericho.htm

Jericho – Ancient Synagogue:
http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/Archaeology/jericho.htm
http://www.campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/Prehistory/Jericho.html

Jerusalem – Biblical: http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00j80

Jerusalem – Second Temple: http://faculty.smu.edu/dbinder/jerusalem.html

Jerusalem – Aelia Capotilina, Northern Gate: http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00vc0

Jerusalem – Burial Sites:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00vb0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/jerburial.html

Jerusalem – The Citadel: http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0g6z0

Jerusalem – City of David:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00uy0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/jerdavid.html

Jerusalem – Herodian Street: http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0doy0

Jerusalem – Mamluk Peirod: http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0ie40

Jerusalem – Roman Cardo: http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0doz0

Jerusalem – Temple Mount – Ritmeyer: http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/ritmeyer/

Jerusalem – Umayyad Center and Palaces:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00vd0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/jerumay.html

Jerusalem – Upper City, Second Temple Period: http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0ie30

Jerusalem – Western Wall and Tunnels:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00v00
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/wall.html
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Judaism/tunnel.html

Karak Resources Project – Jordan (Virtua Karak):
http://www.vkrp.org/
http://www2.jbc.edu/krp97/

Katzrin – Ancient Jewish City in the Golan:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0idz0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Katzrin.html

K’far HaHoresh – 9000 Year Old Site in Galilee: http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/Archaeology/Horesh/index.htm

Khirbet al-Mudayna /Wadi ath-Thamad – Ancient Moab : http://www.wlu.ca/~wwwarch/jordan/

Lachish – Royal City of the Kingdom of Judah:
http://www.tau.ac.il/~archpubs/projects/lachish.html
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00ve0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/lachish.html
http://www.jafi.org.il/geo/lachish/#Interior%20of%20Beth%20Govrin%20caves
http://www.ebibletools.com/israel/lakish/index.html

Masada – Herodian Fortress overlooking the Dead Sea:
http://faculty.smu.edu/dbinder/masada.html
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dp00
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Masada1.htm

Medaba Plains Project: http://www.wwc.edu/academics/departments/theology/mpp/research.htm

Medaba Plains Project – ‘Umayri: http://www.wwc.edu/academics/departments/theology/mpp/umayri/index.htm

Medaba Plains Project – Hisban:
http://www.wwc.edu/academics/departments/theology/mpp/hisban/index.htm
http://www.andrews.edu/ARCHAEOLOGY/institute/fieldwork/prelims/Hisban_links.htm

Medaba Plains Project – Jalul:
http://www.wwc.edu/academics/departments/theology/mpp/jalul/index.htm
http://www.andrews.edu/ARCHAEOLOGY/institute/fieldwork/prelims/Jalul_links.htm

Medaba Plains Project – Hinterlands: http://www.wwc.edu/academics/departments/theology/mpp/hintland/index.htm

Megiddo – Ancient Biblical City Prominent in Biblical Texts:
http://www.digmegiddo.com/
http://www.tau.ac.il/~archpubs/megiddo/index.html
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0ie20
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Megiddo.html
http://www.ebibletools.com/israel/megiddo/index.html

Mount Ebal – Ancient Cultic Site http://ebal.haifa.ac.il/ebal01.html

Mount Zion – Aristocratic Area of Herodian Jerusalem: http://www.tfba.org/projects.php?projectid=8

Nahal Refaiim – Caananite Bronze Age Villages near Jerusalem:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0ie50
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Nahal_Refaiim.html

Nahal Tillah – Protodynastic/Early Dynastic Egyptian Archaeological Finds: http://weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/Anthro/classes/tlevy/

Nazareth – Remains of First Century Village in Nazareth: http://www.csec.ac.uk/farm.htm

Nebi Samwil – Crusader Fortress:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0k4a0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Nebisamwil.html

Nimrod Fortress – Muslim Stronghold in the Golan:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dot0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Nimrod.html

Omrit – Ancient Roman Temple Complex:
http://www.macalester.edu/classics/omrit
http://www.digonline.com/omrit/index.html

Petra – Ancient Nabatean City: http://www.todacosa.com/petra/aep.htm

Qumran – Site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls:
http://faculty.smu.edu/dbinder/qumran.html
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0k4b0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Qumran.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/LC/lc.rel.mats.world.html

Remat Hanadiv – Palatial Complex from Herodian Period: http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/archaeology/RamatHanadiv/index.htm

Ramat Rachel – Ancient Biblical City:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0k450
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Ramatrahel.html

Ramla – Arab Capital of the Province of Palestine:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0g6y0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Ramla.html

Rogem Ganim – Community Archaeology Project:
http://www.ganim.org/
http://www.tau.ac.il/~archpubs/projects/rogemganim.html

Sepphoris (Tzippori) – Ancient Capital of Galilee:
http://www.colby.edu/rel/archaeology/Israel.htm
http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/sepphoris.htm
http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/archaeology/zippori/
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/zippori.html
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00uw0

Sepphoris (Tzippori) Reservoir: http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/zippori1.html

Sha’ar Hagolan – Prehistoric City in Israel:
http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/Archaeology/golan/index.htm
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dow0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/shaar.html

Schechem (Nablus) – Ancient Biblical City: http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/geo/Shechem.html

Shikhin (Asochis) – Identification of Ancient Site: http://www.colby.edu/rel/archaeology/Shikhin.html

Shiqmim – Chalcolithic City in the Northern Negev: http://weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/Anthro/classes/tlevy/shiqmim/shiqmim_home_page.htm

Suba – Ancient Water Installation associated with John the Baptist in Byzantine Period: http://www.tfba.org/suba-excavations.html

Tabgha – Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fishes:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0g6v0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Tabgha.html

Tall Hisban (Madaba Plains Project):
http://www.andrews.edu/ARCHAEOLOGY/
http://www.wwc.edu/academics/departments/theology/mpp/hisban/index.htm

Tall Jalul (Madaba Plains Project):
http://www.andrews.edu/ARCHAEOLOGY/institute/fieldwork/prelims/Jalul_links.htm
http://www.wwc.edu/academics/departments/theology/mpp/jalul/index.htm

Tall Madaba (Madaba Plains Project): http://www.wwc.edu/academics/departments/theology/mpp/index.htm

Tall ‘Umayri (Madaba Plains Project): http://www.wwc.edu/academics/departments/theology/mpp/umayri/index.htm

Tel Abu al-Kharaz (Site North of Wadi al-Yabis): http://www.lls.se/~fischer/

Tel Ajjul – Possible Site of Ancient Hyksos City Sharuhen: http://w07sfb.sfb.oeaw.ac.at/sciem2000/ajjul/sciob99.html

Tel Ara – Ancient Cemetery: http://www.tau.ac.il/~archpubs/projects/ara.html

Tel Assawir, El Ahawat, and Site 146 (Mount Carmel)
Northern Sea Peoples Excavation Project: http://ahwat.haifa.ac.il/

Tel Dan – Biblical City of the Israelite Kingdom:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00uu0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/dan.html

Tel Dor – Ancient Biblical City:
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~ekondrat/Dor.html
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/jrz3/TelDor/Dor-Main.html
http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/education/iaems/candor.html
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Tel_Dor.html

Tel Dothan – Ancient Biblical City: http://www.gcts.edu/dothan/

Tel el Far’ah – Ancient City near Gaza: http://farahsouth.cgu.edu/

Tel Gezer – Ancient Biblical City:
http://www.andrews.edu/ARCHAEOLOGY/institute/fieldwork/prelims/Gezer_1990.htm
http://www.ebibletools.com/israel/gezer/index.html

Tel Halif (Lahav) – Ancient Biblical City:
http://www.cobb.msstate.edu/dig/lahav/
http://www.cobb.msstate.edu/dig/LRP-1999-01/

Tel Kedesh – Ancient Biblical City of Refuge: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wjpestle/Kedesh/Kedesh.html

Tel es-Safi – Gath of the Philistines: http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~maeira/index.files/slide0001.htm

Tel Maresha – Ancient Columbarium - Roman Amphitheater:
http://www.cobb.msstate.edu/dig/maresha/
http://www.kosherdelight.com/beitgovrinhistory.htm

Tel Masos – Iron Age Four-Room House: http://www.relst.uiuc.edu/Courses/106/Iron1pgs/page18v2.html

Tel en Nasbeh – Biblical Mitzpa: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/jrz3/

Tel Rehov – Beth Shean Valley Archaeological Project: http://www.rehov.org/

Tel Shilo – Biblical City of Shilo: http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Telshilo.html

Tel Tanninim – Anient Krokodeilon Polis or 'Crocodiles City': http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~stieglit/tap.html

Tiberias – Roman Capital of the Galilee:
http://digTiberias.org
http://www.tfba.org/tiberias.html

Timna – Valley of Ancient Copper Mines:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00vf0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/timna.html

Ya’amum – Ancient Necropolis: http://www.uark.edu/~jcrose/yaamun.html

Yavneh-Yam – Yavneh Yam Archaeological Project: http://www.tau.ac.il/~yavneyam/

Yodefat – Galilean City destroyed by the Romans in Second Temple Period:
http://www.acaje.org/wind/yodefat/yodefat.html
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0idx0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Yodefat.html
http://www.pbs.org/echoes/frmdx.html

Zeitah – Excavation of an Ancient "Outlying" Town: http://www.zeitah.net/

Other Sites – Churches, Monasteries and Synagogues

Anchor church – Tiberias:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dov0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Anchor.html

Beit Alpha – Ancient Synagogue Mosaic Floor:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0k470
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Beitalpha.html

Byzantine Churches in the Negev:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0gc90
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Caesarea.html

Church of the Annunciation – Nazareth: http://198.62.75.1/www1/ofm/san/TSnzarc1.html

Church – Dedicated to John the Baptist: http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/johnbap.html

Church – Holy Sepulcher: http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00v10

Church – Multiplication of the Loaves and the Fishes:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0g6v0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Tabgha.html

Church – Nea and Cardo: http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0doz0

Church – Seat of Mary:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0gc80
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Kathisma.html

Church – Tiberias Anchor Church:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0dov0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/Anchor.html

Kursi – Christian Monastery on the Shore of the Sea of Galilee:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00v80
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/kursi.html
http://www.bibleinterp.com/excavations/kursi.htm

Monastery of Martyrius:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00ux0
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Archaeology/greekchurch.html

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