List of archaeological sites in the Gaza Strip
There are more than 300 archaeological sites in the Gaza Strip.[1] The Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa database contains information on 166 of these sites.[2] The sites span the Chalcolithic (Taur Ikhbeineh) to the contemporary period (Al-Ahli Arab Hospital).
Archaeological sites in Palestine have been administered by various organisations. The Department of Antiquities during the British Mandate in Palestine from 1920 to 1948; from 1948 to 1994 the administration of sites in the Gaza Strip was separate to those in the West Bank and were controlled first by Egypt and then by Israel from 1967. In 1994, the Palestinian Department of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage was established,[3] with a branch in the Gaza Strip.[4]
During the British Mandate, there was significant archaeological work in Palestine but it was comparatively limited in Gaza. British-led small-scale excavations took place at Tell Harubah (the predecessor to Gaza City) in the 1920s, and in the 1930s Flinders Petrie led excavations at Tell el-Ajjul. While under Egyptian rule there were no major excavations in the Gaza Strip. During the Israeli occupation archaeologists from the university in Beersheba conducted fieldwork at Deir al-Balah and Tell Ruqeish. Archaeologists Jean-Baptiste Humbert and Moain Sadeq suggest the impact of war, different administrations with different archaeological interests and priorities, and a lack of Biblical archaeology have contributed to a relative lack of interest in the region's sites from archaeologists.[5]
List
| Site name | Additional names | Image | Coordinates | Type | Cultural period | Description | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Shehab | 31°31′40″N 34°28′55″E / 31.5279°N 34.482°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [6] | |||
| Al Ahli Hospital | al-Ahli Arab Hospital | 31°30′17″N 34°27′41″E / 31.5046°N 34.4614°E | Government/Administrative Building | Contemporary Islamic (MENA) | [7] | ||
| al Ghussein Mosque | 31°30′15″N 34°27′54″E / 31.5042°N 34.4649°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [8] | |||
| Al Mathaf Archaeological Museum | 31°32′52″N 34°27′25″E / 31.5478°N 34.4569°E | Unknown | Unknown | [9] | |||
| al Qissariya | 31°30′15″N 34°27′51″E / 31.5041°N 34.4641°E | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [10] | ||||
| Al-Basha Palace, Dar Al-Sa'adah | Qasr al-Basha | 31°30′16″N 34°27′58″E / 31.5045°N 34.4662°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | The palace's first storey dates to the 13th century, and its second storey to the Ottoman period. Its Mamluk decoration includes reliefs of lions, the symbol of Sultan Baybars. | [11][12] | |
| Al-Qazmari Mosque | Zofor Domri Mosque, Al-Thafar Damri Mosque | 31°30′04″N 34°28′03″E / 31.5011°N 34.4675°E | Mosque | Contemporary Islamic | The mosque was built in Mamluk style in about 1360, dated by an inscription above the entrance. It was expanded in 1498. | [13][14] | |
| Al-Zaiton Cemetery | 31°30′24″N 34°27′35″E / 31.5067°N 34.4596°E | Cemetery | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [15] | |||
| Ali Mirwan Mosque | Ibn Marwan Mosque | 31°30′15″N 34°28′08″E / 31.5043°N 34.4689°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [16] | ||
| Ard-al-Moharbeen necropolis | 31°32′55″N 34°27′59″E / 31.54872°N 34.46628°E | Cemetery | Classical/Pre-Islamic | Roman cemetery used from the 1st and 3rd centuries. 135 graves have been discovered in an area of 3,500 square metres (38,000 sq ft) including two lead sarcophagi – the first of their kind found in Gaza. | [17][18] | ||
| Anthedon |
|
31°32′48″N 34°27′14″E / 31.5467°N 34.454°E | Port/Harbour |
|
[19] | ||
| Aybaki Mosque |
|
31°30′30″N 34°28′08″E / 31.5083°N 34.4688°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [20] | ||
| Bab al-Ascalon (east) | 31°30′23″N 34°28′01″E / 31.5065°N 34.4669°E | Gateway/Arch/Intersection | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [21] | |||
| Bab al-Ascalon (west) | 31°30′30″N 34°27′50″E / 31.5082°N 34.4638°E | Gateway/Arch/Intersection | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [22] | |||
| Bab al-Bahr | 31°30′16″N 34°27′35″E / 31.5044°N 34.4596°E | Gateway/Arch/Intersection | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [23] | |||
| Bab al-Blakhiyah | 31°30′30″N 34°27′43″E / 31.5083°N 34.4619°E | Gateway/Arch/Intersection | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [24] | |||
| Bab al-Darum | 31°30′06″N 34°27′42″E / 31.5018°N 34.4618°E | Gateway/Arch/Intersection | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [25] | |||
| Bab al-Khalil | 31°30′12″N 34°28′00″E / 31.5032°N 34.4668°E | Gateway/Arch/Intersection | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [26] | |||
| Bab al-Minas | 31°30′25″N 34°27′38″E / 31.5069°N 34.4606°E | Gateway/Arch/Intersection | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [27] | |||
| Bab al-Muntar | 31°30′03″N 34°27′48″E / 31.5007°N 34.4632°E | Gateway/Arch/Intersection | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [28] | |||
| Bab al-Sharif | 31°30′08″N 34°27′58″E / 31.5022°N 34.4662°E | Gateway/Arch/Intersection | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [29] | |||
| Beit Hanun old town | 31°32′29″N 34°32′10″E / 31.5414°N 34.5362°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [30] | |||
| Beit Lahiya old town | 31°32′58″N 34°29′58″E / 31.5495°N 34.4994°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [31] | |||
| Deir el-Balah Bronze Age cemetery | 31°25′00″N 34°21′06″E / 31.4167°N 34.3518°E |
|
Bronze Age | A cemetery covering 3 to 4 hectares (7 to 10 acres) associated with the contemporary settlement at Deir el-Balah. The cemetery was established in the 14th century BCE and likely used into the 12th century BCE. Amongst fifty burials, dozens of antropoid sarcophagi were discovered and many illicitly removed. | [32][33][34][35] | ||
| Deir el-Balah Old Town | 31°25′07″N 34°20′57″E / 31.4185°N 34.3492°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [36] | |||
| El Ghazali Mosque | 31°30′04″N 34°28′22″E / 31.501°N 34.4729°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [37] | |||
| El Hawashi Mosque | 31°29′58″N 34°28′17″E / 31.4995°N 34.4714°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [38] | |||
| El Mahkanin Mosque, Jami el Mahkameh | 31°30′07″N 34°28′08″E / 31.5019°N 34.4689°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [39] | |||
| el-Harbish | 31°29′46″N 34°24′27″E / 31.496°N 34.4074°E |
|
Unknown | [40] | |||
| el-Maghazi, Kh. Inseirat | 31°25′19″N 34°23′17″E / 31.422°N 34.3881°E | Watchtower/Observation Post | Unknown | [41] | |||
| el-Muntar | 31°29′22″N 34°28′22″E / 31.4895°N 34.4727°E |
|
Unknown | [42] | |||
| en-Nusairat | 31°26′52″N 34°23′02″E / 31.4479°N 34.3838°E |
|
Unknown | [43] | |||
| er-Rusum | 31°29′46″N 34°29′57″E / 31.496°N 34.4992°E | Production/Processing (Pottery) | Unknown | [44] | |||
| Es Sidre Mosque | 31°30′25″N 34°28′13″E / 31.5069°N 34.4704°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [45] | |||
| Esh Sheik Othman Mosque | 31°30′10″N 34°27′48″E / 31.5028°N 34.4634°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [46] | |||
| esh-Shatt | 31°32′18″N 34°27′00″E / 31.5382°N 34.4501°E | Watchtower/Observation Post | Unknown | [47] | |||
| esh-Sheikh 'Abeid | 31°23′52″N 34°21′46″E / 31.3977°N 34.3627°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [48] | |||
| esh-Sheikh 'Ajlin | 31°30′10″N 34°24′54″E / 31.5027°N 34.415°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [49] | |||
| esh-Sheikh 'Aliya | 31°20′44″N 34°19′14″E / 31.3456°N 34.3206°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [50] | |||
| esh-Sheikh 'Umri | 31°21′19″N 34°19′56″E / 31.3552°N 34.3323°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [51] | |||
| esh-Sheikh Ahmad | 31°30′05″N 34°25′05″E / 31.5014°N 34.418°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [52] | |||
| esh-Sheikh Duweir | 31°25′11″N 34°21′14″E / 31.4198°N 34.354°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [53] | |||
| esh-Sheikh en-Nagiyah | 31°34′21″N 34°29′52″E / 31.5726°N 34.4978°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [54] | |||
| esh-Sheikh Hasan | 31°31′51″N 34°26′22″E / 31.5307°N 34.4394°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [55] | |||
| esh-Sheikh Mohammad el-Yamani | 31°24′45″N 34°20′30″E / 31.4126°N 34.3418°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [56] | |||
| esh-Sheikh Nabhan | 31°25′34″N 34°25′27″E / 31.426°N 34.4242°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [57] | |||
| esh-Sheikh Sa'd el-Ensar | 31°32′32″N 34°30′45″E / 31.5421°N 34.5125°E | Building | Unknown | [58] | |||
| esh-Sheikh Sara | 31°19′13″N 34°20′42″E / 31.3202°N 34.345°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [59] | |||
| esh-Sheikh Shubani | 31°27′15″N 34°22′13″E / 31.4541°N 34.3704°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [60] | |||
| esh-Sheikh Sulaiman Rafah | 31°17′53″N 34°14′32″E / 31.298°N 34.2421°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [61] | |||
| esh-Sheikh Umm en-Nasr | 31°33′00″N 34°31′27″E / 31.5499°N 34.5241°E | Building | Unknown | [62] | |||
| esh-Sheikh Yusuf | 31°20′33″N 34°19′25″E / 31.3424°N 34.3236°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [63] | |||
| esh-Sheikha Amina | 31°19′28″N 34°21′09″E / 31.3244°N 34.3525°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [64] | |||
| Gaza City Walls | 31°30′30″N 34°27′42″E / 31.5082°N 34.4618°E | Ramparts/Fortification/ Defensive Earthwork |
|
[65] | |||
| Gaza Old City | 31°29′46″N 34°27′59″E / 31.4961°N 34.4663°E |
|
|
[66] | |||
| Great al-Umar Mosque, Temple of Marna | 31°30′15″N 34°27′51″E / 31.5041°N 34.4641°E |
|
|
[67] | |||
| Hakurat 'Abd el-Hamid | 31°28′33″N 34°28′33″E / 31.4759°N 34.4758°E |
|
Unknown | [68] | |||
| Hammam el-Ushabir | 31°30′12″N 34°27′53″E / 31.5033°N 34.4647°E |
|
|
[69] | |||
| Hamman al Samara | 31°30′13″N 34°27′50″E / 31.5037°N 34.4638°E | Bath-house | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [70] | |||
| Ibn Othman Mosque | 31°30′00″N 34°28′10″E / 31.5001°N 34.4694°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [71] | |||
| Jabaliya Byzantine Church | 31°31′31″N 34°29′58″E / 31.5253°N 34.4994°E | Church/Chapel | Classical/Pre-Islamic (Levant) | Basilica church used from the 5th century to the 8th when it was targeted by iconoclasts. The main survivals were the mosaic floors. | [72][73][74] | ||
| Jabaliya old town | 31°31′35″N 34°29′03″E / 31.5265°N 34.4841°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [75] | |||
| Jami esh Sham'ah | 31°30′06″N 34°27′42″E / 31.5018°N 34.4618°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [76] | |||
| Jami Katig el Wilaya | 31°30′15″N 34°27′44″E / 31.5041°N 34.4622°E | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [77] | ||||
| Jemia Well | 31°30′14″N 34°28′08″E / 31.504°N 34.4689°E | Well | Unknown | [78] | |||
| Khan Abu Khadra | 31°30′21″N 34°27′45″E / 31.5059°N 34.4624°E | Market/Commercial Unit | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [79] | |||
| Khan el Ma'arif | 31°30′23″N 34°27′43″E / 31.5063°N 34.4619°E | Market/Commercial Unit | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [80] | |||
| Khan es Zeit | 31°30′13″N 34°27′50″E / 31.5037°N 34.4638°E | Market/Commercial Unit | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [81] | |||
| Khan Yunus | 31°20′45″N 34°18′39″E / 31.3457°N 34.3108°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [82] | |||
| Khirbet Abu Qashta | 31°15′41″N 34°15′51″E / 31.2613°N 34.2642°E |
|
Unknown | [83] | |||
| Khirbet Aslan | 31°33′00″N 34°29′34″E / 31.55°N 34.4928°E |
|
Unknown | [84] | |||
| Khirbet el-'Adas | 31°17′08″N 34°16′31″E / 31.2856°N 34.2752°E |
|
Unknown | [85] | |||
| Khirbet el-Bard | 31°16′51″N 34°18′06″E / 31.2808°N 34.3016°E |
|
Unknown | [86] | |||
| Khirbet el-Bureij | 31°26′44″N 34°24′32″E / 31.4455°N 34.4088°E |
|
Unknown | [87] | |||
| Khirbet el-Esra' | 31°14′48″N 34°16′34″E / 31.2466°N 34.2762°E |
|
Unknown | [88] | |||
| Khirbet en-Nuseira | 31°27′24″N 34°26′32″E / 31.4567°N 34.4422°E |
|
Unknown | [89] | |||
| Khirbet er-Rasm, el-Khirbeh | 31°26′12″N 34°24′48″E / 31.4367°N 34.4133°E |
|
Unknown | [90] | |||
| Khirbet es-Sawaqi | 31°31′25″N 34°29′20″E / 31.5236°N 34.489°E |
|
Unknown | [91] | |||
| Khirbet es-Sira | 31°26′51″N 34°25′56″E / 31.4474°N 34.4321°E |
|
Unknown | [92] | |||
| Khirbet esh-Shallouf | 31°27′59″N 34°25′45″E / 31.4665°N 34.4293°E |
|
Unknown | [93] | |||
| Khirbet Ikhza'a | 31°18′16″N 34°21′24″E / 31.3044°N 34.3568°E |
|
|
[94] | |||
| Khirbet Rafah | 31°17′54″N 34°14′33″E / 31.2984°N 34.2426°E |
|
Classical/Pre-Islamic (Levant) | [95] | |||
| Khirbet Souq Mazen | 31°21′52″N 34°21′06″E / 31.3644°N 34.3517°E |
|
Unknown | [96] | |||
| Khirbet Zeita | 31°33′07″N 34°33′00″E / 31.552°N 34.55°E | Tell | Unknown | [97] | |||
| Latin Convent | 31°30′08″N 34°27′52″E / 31.5021°N 34.4645°E | Monastic Complex |
|
[98] | |||
| Maioumas | 31°31′49″N 34°26′24″E / 31.5304°N 34.44°E |
|
|
Includes the 6th-century Gaza synagogue | [99] | ||
| Maqam el-Khader | 31°25′07″N 34°21′12″E / 31.4186°N 34.3534°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [100] | |||
| Maqam el-Khalili | 31°19′21″N 34°20′50″E / 31.3225°N 34.3473°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [101] | |||
| Qa' el-Khirbeh | 31°18′53″N 34°18′32″E / 31.3146°N 34.309°E |
|
Unknown | [102] | |||
| Qalaat Barquq | Khan Younis | 31°20′35″N 34°18′12″E / 31.3431°N 34.3032°E | Fort/Fortress/Castle | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | A caravanserai (also called a khan) along the route of the Via Maris that gave shelter to travellers and traders. An example of Mamluk architecture, was named after its builder and contained a mosque. | [103][104] | |
| Qasr al-Saqqa | 31°30′02″N 34°28′06″E / 31.5005°N 34.4682°E | House | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [105] | |||
| Rafah | 31°17′50″N 34°14′35″E / 31.2972°N 34.243°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [106] | |||
| Rafia, Tell Zu'roub | 31°18′01″N 34°14′13″E / 31.3004°N 34.237°E |
|
Classical/Pre-Islamic (Levant) | [107] | |||
| Reyad al-Alami | 31°30′19″N 34°27′54″E / 31.5053°N 34.4649°E | House | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [108] | |||
| Sabil Al-Rifaiya | 31°30′14″N 34°27′58″E / 31.5038°N 34.4662°E | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [109] | ||||
| Saiyid el Bawdawi mosque | 31°30′26″N 34°27′54″E / 31.5072°N 34.465°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [110] | |||
| Saqiyat el Qasr | 31°29′52″N 34°26′47″E / 31.4979°N 34.4464°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [111] | |||
| Sayed al-Hashim Mosque | 31°30′28″N 34°27′47″E / 31.5079°N 34.4631°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [112] | |||
| Sayeda Ruqayya Mosque | 31°30′00″N 34°28′13″E / 31.5°N 34.4703°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Classical/Pre-Islamic | [113] | |||
| Sheik Bashir Mosque | 31°30′21″N 34°28′17″E / 31.5058°N 34.4715°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [114] | |||
| Sheik Kalid Mosque | 31°30′31″N 34°27′44″E / 31.5086°N 34.4621°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [115] | |||
| Sheik Shaban Mosque | 31°30′24″N 34°27′40″E / 31.5067°N 34.461°E |
|
Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [116] | |||
| Sheik Zakari Mosque | 31°30′32″N 34°27′39″E / 31.5088°N 34.4609°E | Mosque/Imam/Marabout | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [117] | |||
| St Porphyrius Orthodox Church | 31°30′14″N 34°27′44″E / 31.5038°N 34.4622°E | Church/Chapel | Classical/Pre-Islamic (Levant) | [118] | |||
| Tareq bin Zayed Mosque | 31°29′33″N 34°28′25″E / 31.4926°N 34.4735°E | Tomb/Grave/Burial | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [119] | |||
| Taur Ikhbeineh | 31°27′13″N 34°24′51″E / 31.4537°N 34.4141°E | Tell | Chalcolithic (Levant) | A settlement inhabited in the 34th century BCE, providing evidence of interactions between Egyptians and Canaanites. | [120][121] | ||
| Tell er-Ruqeish | Tell 'Akluk | 31°25′01″N 34°19′37″E / 31.417°N 34.3269°E |
|
Iron Age (Levant) | A Phoenician settlement and necropolis established in the 8th centuries BC as a fortified city. The settlement later came under Persian control and the city walls fell out of use. | [122][123][124][125] | |
| Tell Abu el-Hawa | 31°32′12″N 34°26′42″E / 31.5366°N 34.4451°E | Tell | Unknown | [126] | |||
| Tell Ali Muntar | 31°29′26″N 34°28′25″E / 31.4905°N 34.4735°E |
|
|
The settlement is thought to have been inhabited in the Bronze Age, and is traditionally linked to the Philistines. The site has not been excavated. | [127][128][129] | ||
| Tell el-Ajjul |
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31°27′59″N 34°24′26″E / 31.4663°N 34.4073°E |
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|
The remains of a Canaanite city inhabited in the Bronze Age. Likely replaced Tell es-Sakan. | [130][131][132] | |
| Tell el-Burki | 31°31′40″N 34°26′30″E / 31.5278°N 34.4417°E | Tell | Unknown | [133] | |||
| Tell el-Fajam | 31°20′22″N 34°20′56″E / 31.3395°N 34.3489°E | Tell | Unknown | [134] | |||
| Tell el-Fukhari | 31°17′18″N 34°19′19″E / 31.2882°N 34.3219°E | Tell | Unknown | [135] | |||
| Tell el-Harrash | 31°25′16″N 34°19′58″E / 31.421°N 34.3328°E |
|
Unknown | [136] | |||
| Tell el-Jenan | 31°21′42″N 34°15′54″E / 31.3618°N 34.2651°E | Tell | Unknown | [137] | |||
| Tell el-Khirbeh | 31°32′47″N 34°30′42″E / 31.5464°N 34.5116°E | Tell | Unknown | [138] | |||
| Tell el-Masabih | 31°18′13″N 34°16′25″E / 31.3037°N 34.2737°E |
|
Unknown | [139] | |||
| Tell el-Mukheimal | 31°18′05″N 34°18′24″E / 31.3013°N 34.3068°E |
|
Unknown | [140] | |||
| Tell el-Qatifa | 31°23′51″N 34°18′19″E / 31.3976°N 34.3052°E |
|
Bronze Age | [141] | |||
| Tell es-Sakan | 31°28′35″N 34°24′20″E / 31.4764°N 34.4055°E | Tell | Bronze Age | The remains of two settlements: an Egyptian city (inhabited c. 3300–3000 BCE) succeeded by a Canaanite settlement (inhabited c. 2600–2250 BCE). | [142][143] | ||
| Tell es-Sanam | 31°27′49″N 34°23′03″E / 31.4636°N 34.3841°E | Tell | Iron Age (Levant) | A settlement and probable port suggested to have been the successor to Tell el-Ajjul. Late Bronze Age and Iron Age pottery has been recovered from the site. | [144][145][146] | ||
| Tell esh-Sheikh Radwan | 31°31′39″N 34°27′28″E / 31.5274°N 34.4578°E |
|
Unknown | [147] | |||
| Tell et Tineh | 31°30′10″N 34°25′12″E / 31.5029°N 34.42°E | Tell | Bronze Age | [148] | |||
| Tell et-Tin | 31°28′33″N 34°25′00″E / 31.4758°N 34.4167°E | Tell | Bronze Age | [149] | |||
| Tell eth-Thahab | 31°33′05″N 34°30′06″E / 31.5515°N 34.5016°E | Tell | Unknown | [150] | |||
| Tell Haboula | 31°20′30″N 34°20′55″E / 31.3418°N 34.3487°E |
|
Unknown | [151] | |||
| Tell Nejid, Tell es-Sanam | 31°27′49″N 34°22′59″E / 31.4637°N 34.3831°E | Tell | Unknown | [152] | |||
| Tell Rafah | 31°19′24″N 34°13′10″E / 31.3233°N 34.2194°E | Tell |
|
[153] | |||
| Tell Ridan | 31°22′55″N 34°17′13″E / 31.382°N 34.2869°E |
|
Unknown | [154] | |||
| Tell Tin Fanis | 31°34′18″N 34°30′44″E / 31.5716°N 34.5121°E | Tell | Unknown | [155] | |||
| Tell Umm 'Amer, The Monastery of Saint Hilarion | Umm et-Tut | 31°26′53″N 34°21′59″E / 31.448°N 34.3664°E |
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A site contains the remains of the 4th-century Saint Hilarion Monastery and the settlement of Tabatha. The site is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. | [156][157][158] | |
| Tulul el-Humr | 31°29′08″N 34°24′59″E / 31.4856°N 34.4163°E | Tell | Unknown | [159] | |||
| Turbat esh Sheik Hyas | 31°30′01″N 34°27′51″E / 31.5004°N 34.4641°E | Tomb/Grave/Burial | Islamic (Levant/Arabia) | [160] | |||
| Umm el-Hajar | 31°24′12″N 34°19′21″E / 31.4033°N 34.3225°E |
|
Unknown | [161] | |||
| Umm et Tell | 31°33′19″N 34°29′43″E / 31.5552°N 34.4952°E | Tell | Unknown | [162] | |||
| Wadi Gaza | 31°27′53″N 34°22′35″E / 31.4648°N 34.3763°E |
|
Neolithic (Levant) | [163] | |||
| Zeita | 31°30′36″N 34°29′46″E / 31.51°N 34.4962°E |
|
Unknown | [164] |
See also
- Destruction of cultural heritage during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- List of museums in Palestine
- Palestinian archaeology
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Further reading
- Humbert, Jean-Baptiste, ed. (2000). Gaza Méditerranéenne: Histoire et archéologie en Palestine. Éditions Errance. ISBN 978-2-87772-196-7.
External links
- Sites de Gaza (in French), published by École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem
- Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa database