Author
Daniel Varga ; Amir Golani ; Michal Birkenfeld ; Yana Tchekanovets
Year
2022
Publisher
Israel Antiquities Authority / ____ _______
Language
English
Pages
21
ISBN
978-9-65406-755-3
Last Update
10-Jan-2026
Keywords
Archaeology
During the late fourth millennium BCE, the ties between the societies of the southwestern Levant and Egypt tightened considerably. The height of these relations was manifested by Egyptian communities settling throughout modernday Israel’s southern coastal plain and the distribution of Egyptian material culture farther afield. The establishment of Egyptian habitations in the southern Levant was large-scale at its outset. It included the foundation of a substantial, wholly Egyptian settlement at Tel es-Sakan, the import of Egyptian administration practices to ‘En Besor, and the crystallization of Egyptian communities in otherwise local sites, such as Tel ’Erani (for a recent summary, see...
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