Ascalon or Ashkelon [a] was an ancient Near East port city on the Mediterranean coast of the southern Levant of high historical and archaeological significance. Its remains are located in the archaeological site of Tel Ashkelon, within the city limits of the modern Israeli city of Ashkelon.

Ashkelon or Ashqelon (/ ˈæʃkəlɒn / ASH-kə-lon; Hebrew: אַשְׁקְלוֹן, romanized: ʾAšqəlōn, IPA: [ʔaʃkeˈlon] ⓘ; Arabic: عَسْقَلَان, romanized: ʿAsqalān) is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, 50 kilometres (30 mi) south of Tel Aviv, and 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of the border with the Gaza Strip.

ASCALON origins date back to the FTMA (Future Tank Main Armament) NATO programme, a joint venture formed in 1988 by then GIAT Industries, Royal Ordnance Factories and Rheinmetall.The Watervliet Arsenal joined them in 1997 and the joint venture was renamed the RGR Armament GmbH group. The outcome of this collaboration was the creation of the NATO …

2024年6月6日 · Ascalon was the Hellenized name for the ancient city of Ashkelon in the Levant. Ascalon was the last city of the Philistines to fall to the Babylonians in 604 BCE, after which the city was burned to the ground.

2024年4月26日 · Before the Searing, Old Ascalon was a beautiful, pastoral land of rolling hills and farms. Now, nothing remains but a barren, blasted wasteland infested with monsters. New Prophecies campaign characters will enter this area automatically upon completion of the Ascalon Academy mission. Travel north to find the exit into Ascalon City.

2025年3月25日 · Ashkelon, city on the coastal plain of Palestine, since 1948 in southwestern Israel. The modern city lies 12 miles (19 km) north of Gaza and 1.25 miles (2 km) east-northeast of the ancient city site. Because of its location on the Mediterranean coast, Ashkelon was traditionally the key to the conquest of southwestern Palestine.

2025年3月14日 · La relevancia arqueológica de Ascalón se consolidó en el siglo XIX cuando Lady Hester Stanhope llevó a cabo, en 1815, una de las primeras excavaciones arqueológicas en la zona.Aunque su metodología no cumplía con los estándares actuales, su trabajo en Ascalón sentó las bases para futuras investigaciones y supuso un hito en la arqueología de Oriente …

2024年4月26日 · Ascalon City is the largest city and cultural center of Ascalon. It is the first town a player will reach after the Searing. Complete exploration of this town contributes approximately 0.3% to the Tyrian Cartographer title. Characters from other campaigns automatically unlock Ascalon City if they relog after reaching Old Ascalon. Anomaly.

Ascalon, also known as Ashkelon, was one of the five major Philistine cities located on the coastal plain of southwestern Canaan, along the Mediterranean Sea. It was situated approximately 12 miles north of Gaza and 10 miles south of Ashdod.

Crusader banners were quickly unfurled along the bloodstained walls of Jerusalem after the city had fallen on July 15, 1099, after a brutal siege that left thousands of its inhabitants dead.