Tel Dor (Israel) Excavations 2010

Tel Dor (Kh. el-Burj), is a large mound located on Israel's Mediterranean coast, about 30 km south of Haifa. It is identified with D-jr of Egyptian sources, Biblical Dor, and with Dor/Dora of Greek and Roman sources. The documented history of the site begins in the Late Bronze Age (though the town itself was founded in the Middle Bronze Age, c. 2000 BCE), and ends in the Crusader period. The port dominated the fortunes of the town throughout its 3000-odd year history. Dor was successively ruled by Canaanites, 'Sea peoples', Israelites, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Persians, Greeks, Romans.
Its primary role in all these diverse cultures was that of a commercial entrepot and a gateway between East and West.

Read the Preliminary Report of Tel Dor Excavations 2010

Further information about the field schools are available on the official website of Tel Dor Project, by the University of Haifa http://dor.huji.ac.il