Tell Balata - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tell Balata - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tell Balata () is the site of the remains of an ancient Canaanite and IsraeliteExcavations done at former Israelite capital Shechem city, identified since 1913 with the Biblical city of Shechem. It is located in the West Bank. The built-up area of Balata, a Palestinian village and suburb of Nablus, covers about one-third of the tell, and overlooks a vast plain to the east.Pfeiffer, 1966, p. 518. Read more on Wikipedia
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