Ascalon

Ascalon or Ashkelon was an ancient Near East port city on the Mediterranean coast of the southern Levant.^[1] Its remains are located in the archaeological site of Tel Ashkelon, within the city limits of the modern Israeli city of Ashkelon.

Ascalon

𐤀𐤔𐤒𐤋𐤍 אַשְׁקְלוֹן Ἀσκάλων عَسْقَلَان
Remains of the Church of Santa Maria Viridis
Ascalon Shown within Israel
Location	Southern District, Israel
Region	Southern Levant, Middle East
Coordinates	31°39′43″N 34°32′46″E
Type	Settlement
History
Founded	c. 2000 BCE
Abandoned	1270 CE
Periods	Bronze Age to Crusades
Cultures	Canaanite, Philistine, Phoenician, Crusaders
Site notes
Excavation dates	1815, 1920–1922, 1985–2016
Archaeologists	Lady Hester Stanhope, John Garstang, W. J. Phythian-Adams, Lawrence Stager, Daniel Master