Tel Arad

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Aerial photograph of the city and the fortress.
Aerial photograph of the city and the fortress.
Aerial photograph of the fortress.
Aerial photograph of the fortress.

Tel Arad is the remains of Arad, a Canaanite city southwest of the Dead Sea, about 10km west of modern Arad, Israel.

According to the Tanakh, Arad was a major urban center in Canaanite times, and was destroyed by the Israelites during their sojourn in the desert (Book of Numbers 21:1-3). Arad is also mentioned in the Book of Judges and the Book of Joshua.

The area was first settled during the Chalcolithic period, around 4000 BCE. Excavations at the site have unearthed an extensive Bronze Age Canaanite settlement which was in use until approximately 2650 BCE, as well as a garrison-town from the Israelite period in the 11th century BCE. Among the most fascinating artifacts unearthed are ostraca that mention the Temple in Jerusalem.

The Canaanite settlement and the Israelite fortress are now part of the Tel Arad National Park.


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