Ashkelon National Park

Ashkelon National Park is an Israeli country wide park alongside the shore of the Mediterranean sea southwest of the city ofAshqelon. The national park is located within the heart of historic Ashkelon. It is surrounded via a wall constructed in the mid-12th century by using the Fatimid Caliphate. The wall turned into at the beginning 2,200 meters in length, 50 meters in width and 15 meters in height. The stays of the wall are located inside the japanese and southern elements of the national park.

The site consists of archeological remains of the exclusive civilizations that lived in the location, along with Canaanites, Philistines, Persians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Muslims and Crusaders. Roman remains consist of marble and granite columns and capitals, a Roman basilica and Roman statues. The web page also capabilities a Middle Bronze Age gate with the world's earliest arch, courting again to about 1850 BCE. In 1815, Lady Hester Stanhope's excursion to Ashkelon constituted the first present day archaeological excavation in Palestine.