Shimron
Sign in to saveTel Shimron (Hebrew: תל שמרון) is an archaeological site and nature reserve in the Jezreel Valley. Since 2016 the site is being excavated in cooperation with the Jezreel Valley Regional Project.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Tel Shimron
- Ancient site.native_name
- תל שמרון
- Ancient site.native_name_lang
- he
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Simonias, Semmoune
- Ancient site.image
- Tel Shimron (6).jpg
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Jezreel Valley, Israel
- Ancient site.region
- Lower Galilee
- Ancient site.type
- Archaeological site
- Ancient site.area
- 19.5 hectares (Middle Bronze Age)
- Ancient site.epochs
- Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader, Mamluk, Ottoman
- Ancient site.excavations
- 2004–2010, 2016–present
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Yuval Portugali, Avner Raban, Nurit Feig, Yardenna Alexandre, Daniel M. Master, Mario A. S. Martin
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruined
- Ancient site.public_access
- Yes
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Article
39 sectionsContents
- History
- Neolithic
- Chalcolithic
- Early Bronze Age
- Early Bronze I
- Early Bronze II
- Early Bronze III
- Early Bronze IV
- Middle Bronze Age
- Middle Bronze I
- Middle Bronze II
- Lower city
- Acropolis
- Late Bronze Age
- Late Bronze IIA
- Late Bronze IIB
- Iron Age
- Iron I
- Iron II
- Assyrian destruction
- Persian period
- Hellenistic period
- Roman period
- Byzantine, Early Islamic, Crusader and Mamluk periods
- Late Ottoman rule
- British Mandate period
- Nature reserve
- Excavations
- Guérin, 1875
- 1982 survey
- IAA excavations (2004-2010)
- 2004 excavation
- 2008 excavation
- 2010 excavation
- Tel Shimron Excavations (2016-)
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Tel Shimron (Hebrew: תל שמרון) is an archaeological site and nature reserve in the Jezreel Valley. Since 2016 the site is being excavated in cooperation with the Jezreel Valley Regional Project.
Shimron was a major city in the north of Israel mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In Late Antiquity, it was known as Simonias (Hebrew: סימונייה), as attested to by Flavius Josephus. The Arabic name of the site is Tell Sammunia, also written Semmunieh or Semmoune. Tel Shimron is located on the western edge of the Nazareth range at the intersection of the Lower Galilee and the Jezreel Valley. The location, particularly due to its proximity to the Acre (Akko) Plain, made it an important trade route.