The Tel Dan Stele is a fragmentary stele containing an Aramaic inscription which dates to the 9th century BCE. It is the earliest known extra-biblical archaeological reference to the house of David .

Dan (Hebrew: דן), and older name Laish, is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, [1] and belonging to the tribe of Dan, its namesake. It was later the site of a royal sanctuary built by Jeroboam. [2]

Under the auspice of the NGSBA – HUC, Jerusalem, the Tel Dan project offers a unique archaeological experience involving participation in a professional dig, exercising various in-site archaeological methods and techniques, as well as related lectures, field trips and tours in adjacent sites and regions.

Tel Dan is one of the most important sites in the ancient Near East, in general, and for biblical archaeology, in particular. Situated at the base of snow-capped Mount Hermon on the headwaters of the Jordan, Dan has been an important settlement from the Neolithic period (ca. 5,000 BCE) through the early modern period.

2019年6月8日 · Two significant city gates have been discovered at Tell Dan: one from the Canaanite city and one from the Israelite city. In the 18 th century BC, the Canaanites at Lesham (Dan) built an imposing mudbrick gate. This massive entrance to the city featured a triple-arched entrance with two towers – one on each side.

2024年6月4日 · The Tel Dan inscription, or “House of David” inscription, was discovered in 1993 at the site of Tel Dan in northern Israel in an excavation directed by Israeli archaeologist Avraham Biran. The broken and fragmentary inscription commemorates the victory of an Aramean king over his two southern neighbors: the “king of Israel” and the ...

2023年3月14日 · Tel Dan is a nature reserve and the source of the Dan and Jordan rivers, located in the northern part of Israel near the border with Lebanon. It is situated at the foot of Mount Hermon and is named after the biblical city of Dan, which was located in the same area.

Tel Dan is a rectangular mound in the northeastern reaches of the Hula Valley, where the largest tributary of the Jordan River, the Dan, begins its course south. In the Hebrew Bible, the site is also referred to as Laish (Joshua 19:47; Judges 18:29).

Archaeologists have uncovered Jeroboam’s High Place at Tel Dan. · A large, excavated podium sits at the highest point on the tell. · Cultic implements were discovered there, including a small horned altar, an incense holder, and the only 8 th -century …

Ancient Dan, now Tel al-Qazi (تل القاضي), is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, and belonging to the tribe of Dan. The Hebrew Bible states that prior to its conquest by the tribe of Dan the site was known as Laish with variant spellings within the Books of Joshua, Judges ...