Throughout 12 excavation seasons at Tel Azekah, our expedition has gained an increasingly better understanding of the Tel, the people who have inhabited it over thousands of years, and their creations.
In the following posts, we invite you to explore some of our latest insights formed during our last 2024 season.
Are you interested in joining our research and adventure for the upcoming 2025 season? Check out our registration page, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, or contact us at azekah.excavations@gmail.com!
Area A1 – The Acropolis
What has been happening at the highest point of Tel Azekah?
Areas T3 and T4 – Persian and Iron Age domestic area
Two brand-new areas were born in Azekah!
The Iron Age Entrance Gate to Azekah
Some new insights regarding the dating and the use of the ancient city gate in Area N1
Area G – New Area, New Discoveries !
What did the surveying of this newly opened area (which began being explored only in the last 2023 season!) has revealed?
Area N1e – A Tale of Towers and Antimony
Revelations and mysteries in the northernmost corner of the site.
Area S1 – Towers, Destructions, Donkey’s, Cakes, and More!
Find out about the exciting project at the south of the Tell!
Area N1W – Removing the Late Bronze Age III Destruction Layer
What was discovered underneath it?
How Did a Natural Rounded Hill Become a Mound With a Flat Top?
Analysing the process by which Tel Azekah developed its current shape – What was done to the mound and by who?
More discoveries from the last 2024 excavation season at Azekah will be added weekly. Make sure to pop in and check them out, or follow our Facebook and Instagram pages to be updated as soon as they are published!
The Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition 