Yavne

Yavne is a town in the Central District of Israel. In many English translations of the Bible it is referred to as Jabneh. During Greco-Roman times it turned into known as Jamnia; to the Crusaders as Ibelin; and in modern Arabic as Yibna. Yavne was one of the fundamental historical towns inside the southern coastal simple, located 20 km south of Jaffa, 15 km north of Ashdod, and 7 km east of the Mediterranean. Excavations had been done at the historic inform known as Tel Yavne or Yebna, which evolved on a herbal kurkar hill.

The tell was inhabited, possibly continuously, from either the Bronze or Iron Age till the British Mandate period. During a few durations, especially the Byzantine period, the settlement elevated to cover a part of the plain and hills surrounding the inform. Yavneh is mentioned inside the Hebrew Bible and it's miles documented in written sources and via archaeological excavations on the primary inform and the adjoining "Temple Hill" in the course of the a while.