Ekron
Ancient Philistine city and modern archaeological site in Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ekron (Philistine: 𐤏𐤒𐤓𐤍 *ʿAqārān,[1] Hebrew: עֶקְרוֹן, romanized: ʿEqrōn, Arabic: عقرون), in the Hellenistic period known as Accaron (Greek: Ακκαρων, translit. Akkarōn)[2][3] was a Philistine city, one of the five cities of the Philistine Pentapolis, located in present-day Israel.
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עקרון عقرون | |
Alternative name | Tel Miqne, Tel Mikne, Khirbet el-Muqanna |
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Location | Israel |
Region | Levant |
Coordinates | 31.778890°N 34.8499203°E / 31.778890; 34.8499203 |
History | |
Periods | Chalcolithic - Iron Age |
Cultures | Philistine, Israelite |
Site notes | |
Archaeologists | Trude Dothan and Seymour Gitin |
In 1957, Ekron was first identified with the mound of Tel Miqne (Hebrew) or Khirbet el-Muqanna (Arabic), near the depopulated Arab village of 'Aqir, on the basis of the large size of the Iron Age archaeological remains;[4][5] the judgement was strengthened by the discovery in 1996 of the Ekron inscription.[6] The tell lies 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Jerusalem, and 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Tel es-Safi, the almost certain site of the Philistine city of Gath, on the grounds of Kibbutz Revadim on the eastern edge of the Israeli coastal plain.