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<< Our Photo Pages >> Antipatris - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel

Submitted by motist on Wednesday, 04 August 2010  Page Views: 3864

Multi-periodSite Name: Antipatris Alternative Name: Tel Afek
Country: Israel
NOTE: This site is 0.166 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Rosh Ha'ayin  Nearest Village: Giv'at Hashlosha
Latitude: 32.105030N  Longitude: 34.930296E
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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Antipatris, one of two places known as Tel Afek, was a city built by Herod the Great, and named in honour of his father, Antipater II of Judea. It lay between Caesarea Maritima and Lydda, two miles inland, on the great Roman road from Caesarea to Jerusalem.

Tel Afek served as a fortress and major strategic points in battles between the Egyptians, Israelites and Philistines in the Bronze Age, until it fell into ruin prior to Herod's rebuilding. The city was destroyed in 363 CE by an earthquake. It was later used as a fort by the Crusaders, Arabs and Turks when it was known as Majdal Yaba.

The city ruins are located in Tel Afek (Hebrew: תל אפק‎), east of Petah Tikva and west of Kafr Qasim and Rosh HaAyin, near the source of the Yarkon River.


The ancient city of Afek controlled one of the most important passes on the Via Maris (the Way of the Sea). The Bible says that the Philistines gathered there before a decisive battle against the Israelites in the 11th century BCE. The Israelites settled in Afek in the beginning of the 10th century BCE following King David's victory over the Philistines. In the Roman era, Herod the Great built the city he called Antipatris there; the Roman main street and the city’s commercial district were discovered south of the Ottoman fortress. According to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul spent the night there on his way under guard from Jerusalem to Caesarea.

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Re: Antipatris by motist on Wednesday, 04 August 2010
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More:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipatris

http://www.parks.org.il/BuildaGate5/general2/data_card.php?Cat=~25~~800187146

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