Tel Burga

Tel Burga
תל בורגה
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Location Binyamina, Israel
Coordinates 32°31′15.0312″N 34°57′50.8242″E / 32.520842000°N 34.964117833°E / 32.520842000; 34.964117833

Tel Burga is an archeological site in the Sharon Plain 1 km east of Binyamina.[1]

Ancient History

Tel Burga was a small fortified site strategically located between larger cities in Canaan during Middle bronze age in a position to support growing urban culture.[2] Archeological surveys on site identified the remains of at least two towers and a wall. Also ceramic remains from various periods, starting with the Chalcolithic; Early, Intermediate and Middle Bronze and Iron Ages. Also Roman and Medieval artifacts were found.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 A Built tomb from middle Bronze Age IIA and other finds at Tel Burga in the Sharon Plain, Amir Golani
  2. ↑ The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of the Levant: c. 8000-332 BCE, Margreet L. Steiner, Ann E. Killebrew


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