Tell es-Samak - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tell es-Samak - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tell es-Samak (), or Tel Shikmona (), also spelt Sycamine,Josephus, Antiquities 13.12.3. is an ancient Phoenician tell (mound) situated near the sea coast in the modern city of Haifa, Israel, just south of the Israeli National Institute of Oceanography. It has been called a "forgotten Phoenician site".Shalvi, Golan. (2020). Tel Shiqmona: a Forgotten Phoenician Site on the Carmel Coast. Nowadays researchers identify Tell es-Samak with Porphyreon (south). Read more on Wikipedia
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