"The Last Biblical Frontier": Excavations at the Last Remaining Biblical Mound in Israel Expected to Yield Historic Finds
Exciting and "promising" finds already discovered, including "well-built structures dating mostly to the… time of Joshua and the Judges."
(Israel)—In archaeological terms, a "tel," or "tell" is a raised area in the earth where peoples have built settlements in the same spot for centuries. One of Israel's largest tells is called Tell Abil al-Qamh and is believed to the location of the Biblical town of Abel Beth-Maacah. (Photo: Tel Abel Beth-Maacah Excavations, Hebrew University Of Jerusalem)
According to a report in the Jerusalem Post, despite its Biblical and geographical prominence, the tell remained untouched by archaeologists until last year when a team from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in partnership with Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles, and Cornell University, took up the initiative.
Noted the report, "the potential of this border site to shed light on relations between Israelites, Canaanites, Arameans and Phoenicians during the second and first millennia BC is great, and the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is committed to continue uncovering the long-awaited secrets of this important tell, the last remaining major Biblical tell in the country that has yet to be excavated."
