Social:Tell El Sakan
The Bronze Age port was contemporary with En Besor, an Egyptian First Dynasty Staging Post along the "ways of Horus" trade route in the Northern Negev.[1][2] By comparison, Tel es-Sakan was larger and surrounded by a city-wall, the earliest Egyptian town wall datable with any certainty. There were three consecutive building-phases, correlating with three strata of occupation.
The site was discovered by chance in 1998 during construction of a new housing complex, and construction work was temporarily suspended to allow an archaeological investigation to be conducted.[3]
In 2017 Hamas authorities leveled the site with bulldozers to make way for military bases and construction projects, despite local protests by Gazans protesting destruction of ancient Palestinian archaeological heritage.[4][5][6]
Footnotes
- ↑ McGovern, Patrick E. (2003) Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture, Princeton University Press, ISBN:0-691-07080-6 p. 101
- ↑ Hornsey, Ian Spencer (2003) A History of Beer and Brewing Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain) ISBN:0-85404-630-5 p 53
- ↑ Ancient Perspectives on Egypt By Roger Matthews, Cornelia Roemer, University College, London Institute of Archaeology Published by Routledge Cavendish, 2003 ISBN:1-84472-002-0 pp 24-25 and pp 34-37
- ↑ In Gaza, Hamas levels an ancient Canaanite archaeological treasure, Times of Israel, Fares Akram, 6 October 2017
- ↑ "Gazans protest destruction of archaeological site by Hamas: they are trying to wipe out Palestinian identity". October 17, 2017. https://www.memri.org/tv/gaza-destruction-archaeological-site-by-hamas. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ↑ "Gazans protest destruction of archaeological site by Hamas: they are trying to wipe out Palestinian identity - Transcript". October 17, 2017. https://www.memri.org/tv/gaza-destruction-archaeological-site-by-hamas. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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