Eva Lewitus' photos with the keyword: ruins

Archaeological excavations in the 1950s and 1960s and continue to this day, done by volunteers working under the supervision of archaeologists.

Finds from the Neolithic period provide evidence of human settlement in Ashkelon as far back as 10,000 years ago. This is in the Ashkelon National Park The name Ashkelon is probably western Semitic, and might be connected to the triliteral root š-q-l ("to weigh" from a Semitic root ṯql, akin to Hebrew šāqal שָקַל or Arabic θiql ثِقْل "weight") perhaps attesting to its importance as a center for mercantile activities. Its name appeared in Phoenician and Punic Scallion and shallot are derived from Ascalonia, the Latin name for Ashkelon

Stratonos pyrgos (Straton's Tower) was founded by Abdashtart, or Straton I, king of Sidon (r. 365-352) In 90 BCE, Jewish ruler Alexander Jannaeus captured Straton's Tower as part of his policy of developing the shipbuilding industry and enlarging the Hasmonean kingdom Straton's Tower remained a Jewish settlement for two more generations, until the area became dominated by the Romans in 63 BCE, when they declared it an autonomous city In 1962, a team of Israeli and American archaeologists discovered in the sand of Caesarea Maritima three small fragments of one Hebrew stone inscription bearing the partial names of places associated with the priestly courses (the rest of which had been reconstructed), dated to the third-fourth centuries. The uniqueness of this discovery is that it shows the places of residence in Galilee of the priestly courses, places presumably resettled by Jews after the Great Jewish Revolt under Hadrian It appears that the harbour remained in use for some time, but it was allowed to silt up and it was unusable by the 9th century.