The city of Ashkelon holds a number of special archaeological sites,
which include fascinating stories, among them:
- the Canaanite gate, one of the oldest arched gates in the world,
- Remains of a dog cemetery,
- Spectacular sarcophagi from the Roman period,
- Tombs of Muslim martyrs and more.
Tour content:
Ashkelon National Park
00:00:00 The city walls from the Muslim and Crusader periods
00:06:50 Muslim and Crusader Ashkelon
00:09:45 An earthen embankment from the Canaanite city, from the Middle Bronze Age around 2000 BC
00:20:17 Late Bronze Age Canaanite temple outside the city with a silver calf
00:25:53 The Canaanite gate
00:34:35 Shlomo tells about the new Ashkelon
00:42:38 The history of Ashkelon
00:44:57 The establishment of the Canaanite city
00:45:19 Egyptian rule
00:53:31 The Philistines
01:03:00 Samson the hero
01:05:24 At the seaside, the Muslim-Crusader sea wall
01:08:52 The Muslim-Crusade port
01:13:07 The southern wall
01:13:40 The big cut
01:14:40 Scroll of Van-Amon
01:15:02 The big cut
01:15:30 Dog cemetery
01:16:11 The Persian period and the Phoenicians
01:17:23 Dog cemetery
01:20:21 Sheikh's tomb - a Muslim observation point
01:20:40 Excavation area
01:20:55 Roman bathhouse
01:21:19 Philistine layers
01:21:53
01:22:59 The Persian period
01:23:22 The Hellenistic period
01:25:45 The gods
01:26:05 The goddess Atergatis
01:28:19 The Roman period
01:31:25 Babies in the sewers
01:32:59 Erotic candles
01:34:26 Witches
01:34:52 Shimon Ben Tsetah
01:35:27 The elimination of the witches of Ashkelon
01:41:03 Distaste for the pagan culture of Ashkelon
01:42:42 Ashkelon Miomas
01:42:57 Orgies
01:44:21 The Roman city
01:46:25 Basilica
01:49:08 Lady Hester Stanhope
01:51:14 A huge gold cache in Ashkelon
01:52:25 Abu Nabot
01:55:56 The statues
01:56:09 Statues of the goddess Nika
01:58:09 Statue of the goddess Isis
02:01:48 Tomb of Sheikh Awad
02:05:38 The courtyard of the sarcophagi
02:07:48 Sarcophagus in the form of a house
02:08:39 Sarcophagus of a couple
02:10:05 Alanhal and Narayda
02:10:54 The most beautiful sarcophagi in Israel
02:11:09 Battle scene between the Romans and the barbarians
02:16:32 The story "The Kidnapping of Persephone"
02:23:20 Mashhad Nabi Hossein \ Maqam a-Nabi Hossein