Tel Qedesh Highlights

6000 years of history and culture in the Upper Galilee

The largest Early Bronze Age site in the southern Levant, a significant component in early Levantine urbanization

One of the main biblical mounds in northern Israel and one of the Israelite Cities of Refuge

Major cult center during the Roman period, incorporating two monumental temples and numerous mausolea

Tel Qedesh (east) in the Survey of Western Palestine, Conder and Kitchener 1881

A 1945 airphoto of Qedesh with the location of the main components of the ancient site and excavation areas

Monumental Roman-period Building (Temple?) in the ruins of the village of Qadas on the Upper Mound, 2016-2017 seasons

Qedesh West, Survey (left) and Excavations of Area C1,

2014-2019