Ekron
Ekron (Philistine: 𐤏𐤒𐤓𐤍 *ʿAqārān, Hebrew: עֶקְרוֹן, romanized: ʿEqrōn, Arabic: عقرون), in the Hellenistic period known as Accaron (Greek: Ακκαρων, translit. Akkarōn) was a Philistine city, one of the five cities of the Philistine Pentapolis, located in present-day Israel.
עקרון عقرون | |
Shown within Israel | |
| Alternative name | Tel Miqne, Tel Mikne, Khirbet el-Muqanna |
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| Location | Israel |
| Region | Levant |
| Coordinates | 31.778890°N 34.8499203°E |
| History | |
| Periods | Chalcolithic - Iron Age |
| Cultures | Philistine, Israelite |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | Trude Dothan and Seymour Gitin |
In 1957, Ekron was first identified with the mound of Tel Miqne (Hebrew) or Khirbet el-Muqanna (Arabic), near the depopulated Arab village of 'Aqir, on the basis of the large size of the Iron Age archaeological remains; the judgement was strengthened by the discovery in 1996 of the Ekron inscription. The tell lies 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Jerusalem, and 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Tel es-Safi, the almost certain site of the Philistine city of Gath, on the grounds of Kibbutz Revadim on the eastern edge of the Israeli coastal plain.