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Multi-periodSite Name: Tel Shiloh
Country: Israel
NOTE: This site is 11.209 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Latitude: 32.057000N  Longitude: 35.289000E
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Ancient Settlement in the West Bank.
Archaeological excavations have shown occupation as early as 19th-18th centuries BC. (Middle Bronze Age II A.) A large mound from the Caananite and Israelite eras, until the 8th century BC. During the following 12 centuries Shiloh is solely noted as a station on sojourners' routes. Archeological excavations have revealed remains from the Roman and Persian as well as early and late Moslem periods.

Excavations have taken place periodically since 1922. An extensive excavation (1981-84) showed eight periods of occupation, from Middle Bronze II to Byzantine.

Finds of pottery and animal sacrefice points to a sacred status of Shiloh during the Canaanite period, a status adopted by the Israelites. But the top of the tel, where a tabernacle would have been placed, is now exposed bedrock, offering no clues concerning Israelite worship.

By C14 dating, the site was abandoned around 1050 BCE, and then sparsely repopulated during the Iron II period. More substantive villages emerged in Roman and Byzantine periods, with finds of a mosaic floor of a large Byzantine church (~80 and 420 AD.)

Source: .wikipedia.org

Note: Recent archaeological findings in Samaria shed light on the incomplete story of the destruction of Shiloh, the ancient capital of Israel.
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Recent Findings shed light on Destruction of Shiloh, ancient capital of Israel by bat400 on Saturday, 09 November 2013
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An uncovered broken clay pitcher embedded in a layer of reddish ashes completes the story of the devastation of Shiloh.

Shiloh served as the spiritual center of Israel for 369 years until its destruction. The Bible does not inform us of the story of its ruin, but these archaeological discoveries shed light on the capital’s tragic demise.

The book of Jeremiah tells that Shiloh was destroyed by the Philistines. These new archaeological findings tell us of how it happened. After the battle, which took place at Even Ha’ezel, near modern day Rosh Ha’ayin, the Philistines moved on to destroy Shiloh, the capital. The ashes found attest to a devastating fire the occurred at the site. The dating of the clay pitcher, 1,050 BCE, correlates with the dating of the events depicted in Book of Samuel.

Avital Selah, director of the Tel Shiloh site, told Tazpit News Agency that these findings were discovered during a massive dig of the Tel Shiloh site, in which some 1000 youth volunteers from across Israel participated. Similar findings were discovered thirty years ago, including food leftovers, and their dating is also set at 1,050 BCE, but the recently discovered layer of ashes completes the story regarding the story of the destruction of the ancient Israelite capital of Shiloh.

Thanks to coldrum for the link. For more, see http://www.jewishpress.com/news.
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