Apollonia–Arsuf - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Apollonia–Arsuf - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Apollonia (; ), known in the Early Islamic period as Arsuf () and in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem as Arsur, was an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of today's Israel. In Israeli archaeology it is known as Tel Arshaf (). Founded by the Phoenicians during the Persian period in the late sixth century BCE, it was inhabited continuously until the Crusader period,History's Garbage Dump, Israel Antiquities Authority, August 2013. Accessed 17.9.2020. through the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods, during the latter being renamed to Sozusa (, or Sozusa in Palaestina to differentiate it from Sozusa in Libya).Cohen, Getzel M., The Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa (2006), p. 234. Read more on Wikipedia
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