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	Ashkelon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ashkelon was the oldest and largest seaport in ancient Canaan, one of the "five cities" of the Philistines, north of Gaza.
		Ashkelon became one of the five Philistine cities that were constantly warring with the Israelites and the kingdom of Judah.
		The population of Ashkelon in 2005 was 117,000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ashkelon (1339 words)

	Ashkelon
		The coast stretches to the northern border with Lebanon at Rosh Hanikra and south to the Gaza Strip.
		Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
		The city was at the center of the largest region in Palestine during the Roman occupation and was enlarged and fortified by the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vie/Ashkelon.html (1444 words)

	Ashkelon - OnlineEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Ashkelon or Ashqelon (Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן; Arabic عسقلان 'Asqalān; Latin Ascalon) was an ancient Philistine seaport on the east coast of the Mediterranian Sea just north of Gaza.
		Ashkelon was the oldest and largest seaport in ancient Canaan, one of the "five cities" of the Philistine Pentapolis.
		Ashkelon was a thriving Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BCE) city of more than 607,000 m², with commanding ramparts including the oldest arched city gate in the world, eight feet wide, and even as a ruin still standing two stories high.
	www.neareasternarchaeology.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Ascalon (699 words)

	Archaeology in Israel: Ashkelon
		Ashkelon's first inhabitants were Canaanites who built the most expressive feature of Ashkelon that is still seen today: a giant wall that spans around the city.
		Ashkelon is mentioned in Judges 14, where Samson kills 30 men in revenge for the Philistines having given his (Philistine) wife to another man. Samson himself came from Timna, an Israelite town.
		Although the oldest settlement in Ashkelon was probably older, the first wall was built 3000 years ago, when the Canaanite cities in the Levant were defended by mighty bulwarks.
	www.jewishmag.com /41mag/ashkelon/ashkelon.htm (2570 words)

	Ashkelon
		During the Roman period Ashkelon was considered a "free and allied city," and in the Jewish Wars (66 c.e.) the people of Ashkelon fought and defeated the Jews.
		In the Byzantine period the city was a center of paganism, whose population worshipped a fish-goddess, Derceto, whose image was a mermaid.
		In the Crusader period Ashkelon was a refuge for Jews escaping from Jerusalem, and the Jewish community ransomed captives and bought ritual objects from the looted synagogues in Jerusalem.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/100/places/ashkelon.html (489 words)

	RECENT DISCOVERIES AT ASHKELON
		From the last days of Ashkelon in the medieval period, we leap back 3,000 years to the Bronze Age, simply by moving a few hundred yards away from the well-preserved Islamic moat and glacis to the equally impressive mudbrick gate and ramparts that were erected shortly after 2000 B.C., during the Canaanite period.
		Ashkelon seems to have reached its maximum size of 150 acres already in the early second millennium B.C., because the later fortifications, including those of the Hellenistic, Roman, and Islamic periods, follow the line of the Middle Bronze Age rampart.
		After the Babylonian destruction, Ashkelon was abandoned for a while, and then it was resettled by Phoenicians (Canaanites from farther north on the Mediterranean coast) under the suzerainty of the Persians, whose empire succeeded the Neo-Babylonian empire.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/PROJ/ASH/NN_Spr95/NN_Spr95.html (3448 words)

	The Ashkelon Group \| Forensic Data and Evidence Recovery
		Ashkelon will quickly and cost-effectively collect and preserve data or evidence that may have been deleted or become inaccessible through normal computing methods.
		Ashkelon can determine if certain information exists and, if so, where it might be located.
		Ashkelon employees who handle the media ensure the continuity of evidence by adding their name, signature, date and a detailed description of what was done.
	www.ashkelon.net /datarecovery.shtml (313 words)

	Ashkelon - Walking in Their Sandals - location profile
		Ashkelon is located on the Mediterranean coast on the Plain of Philistia, thirty miles southwest of Joppa and twelve miles northeast of Gaza.
		Samson killed thirty people from Ashkelon to procure their clothes as a payment for a wager he had lost (Judg 14:10-19).
		Ashkelon was the family home of Herod Antipater and his son, Herod the Great.
	www.ancientsandals.com /overviews/ashkelon.htm (275 words)

	Ashkelon's Dead Babies
		An initial examination of the remains by Patricia Smith and Gila Kahila of the Hebrew University revealed that most of the bones, discovered in 1988, were intact and that all parts of the skeletons were represented, suggesting that the infants had probably been thrown into the drain soon after death.
		The number of infants, all of the same age and with no signs of disease or skeletal malformation, suggested infanticide rather than a catastrophe such as epidemic, war, or famine, in which a range of ages might be expected.
		Smith and Kahila thought the Ashkelon infants were probably girls because female infanticide was widespread in Roman society.
	www.archaeology.org /9703/newsbriefs/ashkelon.html (796 words)

	Ashkelon (BiblePlaces.com)
		At 150 acres, the tell of Ashkelon is the largest Philistine city and one of the largest tells in all of ancient Israel.
		Ashkelon (Virtual Israel Experience) A brief history of the city and the region, with a short paragraph on Ashkelon today.
		Ashkelon's Dead Babies (Archaeology Magazine) A fascinating article reporting on the startling find of nearly 100 infant skeletons in the sewer beneath a Roman/Byzantine bathhouse and considering the possible explanations.
	www.bibleplaces.com /ashkelon.htm (634 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		He said that the city’s proximity to Gaza turns it into a “town that requires special defenses.” Those defenses will be needed to protect the town from the threat of mortars and missiles that have become the mainstay of life in Gush Katif for the past five years.
		Ashkelon’s residents might have just a bit more time to adjust to their new security problems, however.
		But after that, the only thing left booming in Ashkelon may be the sounds of the mortars and rockets hitting the ground.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /news.php3?id=85242 (365 words)

	ashkelon Project Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		"ashkelon lite" provides all the benefits of the ashkelon product without any of the hassle and overhead.
		The primary enhancement to ashkelon in version 0.8.8 is the support for mckoidb in addition to mysql and postgres (both of which have been supported in ashkelon for some time)
		they're using ashkelon to serve javadocs for public consumption (currently using the ashkelon repository manager but with their own jsps instead of ashkelon's dhtml ui).
	ashkelon.sourceforge.net (279 words)

	Ancient Ashkelon @ nationalgeographic.com
		From Canaanites to Crusaders, the city of Ashkelon was a strategic Mediterranean port for nearly 5,000 years.
		Ashkelon is just 12 miles (19 kilometers) north of the hotly disputed Gaza Strip.
		Read a summary of the Ashkelon dig by assistant director David Schloen of the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0101/feature4 (806 words)

	Akhlah: Cities in Israel - Ashkelon
		With nearly 10 km of beaches, Ashkelon is a great place to have fun in the sun.
		Like lots of cities in Israel, there is an ancient city of Ashkelon and a modern bustling city of Ashkelon.
		The archaeological park in Ashkelon is also a great place to have a picnic.
	www.akhlah.com /israel/cities/ashkelon.php (51 words)

	Ashkelon
		In Biblical times Ashkelon was one of the five most important Philistine cities.
		The word scallion is derived from the Latin name Ascalonia given to a kind of onion extensively cultivated at Ashkelon.
		Modern Ashkelon, established in 1953 by the Jewish South African development company Afridar, is a major development town in the South which still contains many relics of its colorful past.
	ohr.edu /tw/weinbach/loveland/lland070.htm (273 words)

	Water Technology - Ashkelon Desalination Plant, Israel
		The contract for the Ashkelon facility - the first in the series of large-scale seawater desalination units - was awarded in September 2001, after an extensive tendering process beginning in July of the previous year.
		The concession was granted on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis and at the end of the 25-year period, the plant transfers to the Government of Israel.
		The Ashkelon facility operating at full capacity will itself contribute 25% of the initial target set out in the Israeli government's master plan.
	www.water-technology.net /projects/israel (1416 words)

	Ashkelon Plugin - Maven Ashkelon Plugin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Ashkelon is "an online reference tool for java api documentation.
		Ashkelon is javadoc taken the next step of being able to reference multiple API's (>100,000 methods) in a single, fully cross-referenced and searchable database repository."
		Maven's Ashkelon Plugin provides a set of goals to integrate your project's javadocs to Ashkelon.
	maven.apache.org /reference/plugins/ashkelon (58 words)

	Ashkelon on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Ashkelon gripped by 'euphoria' ahead of State Cup semifinals
		Ashkelon, Georgian Jews from Russia, wedding ceremony and the signing of the "Kettuba" wedding contract.
		On arrival the Ethiopan "Falasha" immigrants are brought to the Ashkelon transit Center where they are clothed, cared for and given Israeli citizenship.They are then sent on to one of the (PAR124540)
	encyclopedia.infonautics.com /html/X/X-A1shkelon.asp (688 words)

	Ashkelon (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		Ashkelon was one of the five cities of the Philistines (Josh.
		It stood on the shore of the Mediterranean, 12 miles north of Gaza.
		Author: Matthew G. Easton, with minor editing by Paul S. Taylor.
	www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/ashkelon.html (187 words)

	index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		I gained a deeper understanding of the current political problems in the region by observing a large spectrum of society as I traveled around Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
		There were the Palestinians in Gaza, the immigrants in Ashkelon, and a variety of people in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and at all economic levels.
		My assistant and I needed to go from Ashkelon to Jordan, and, because we had so much equipment, we decided to drive over the border.
	www.geocities.com /AshkelonTreasures (566 words)

	Dan Hotels Israel - Israel hotel, Jerusalem hotel, Tel Aviv hotel, Eilat hotel, Haifa hotel, online Reservations, ...
		Ashkelon Hotel affording recreation and leisure facilities for business and leisure, varied convention and meeting facilities.
		We're now a unique vacation destination where our facilities, menus, entertainment programs and services are all being redesigned with a single aim: To ensure parents and children enjoy the holiday of a lifetime.
		You can be as active or as lazy as you like there's surfing at Ashkelon's superb beaches, fascinating archeology sites and a wealth of touring options to explore.
	www.danhotels.com /danSite/eng/hotelHomepage.asp?hotelNo=21&top=8 (201 words)

	Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore - Ashkelon
		Our partnership with this city gives the Baltimore Jewish community a wonderful opportunity to bond with our brothers and sisters overseas on issues of shared concern, with the goal of strengthening relations among Jews in Israel and the diaspora.
		A core group of lay and professional leaders from the Baltimore Jewish community is now working with counterparts in Ashkelon to develop projects and programs that benefit the people of both communities.
		In October 2004, community leadership and professionals visited Asheklon to meet their Ashkelon counterparts and further strengthen the bonds of this new relationship.
	baltimore.ujcfedweb.org /content_display.html?ArticleID=123207 (273 words)

	The Ashkelon Group \| Electronic Evidence Services for Attorneys
		Before settling or even approaching a lawsuit, Ashkelon investigators will assist in the implementation of a legal strategy by combining expertise in data extraction, information processing, and electronic evidence protocols to ensure a strategic advantage for your client in evaluating and responding to investigations and lawsuits.
		Ashkelon enables clients to collect, recover, process, and review electronic data regardless of media type and without recreating the native environment.
		Competitors must recreate the hardware and software environment of the original document meaning additional time and cost requirements.
	www.ashkelon.net /attorneys.shtml (484 words)

	Ashkelon Excavation Information
		Dig at the ancient seaport of Ashkelon, capital of Canaanite kings, harbor of the Philistines,
		Join our excavation team of forty professional staff and one hundred volunteers as we reveal the glorious, sometimes tragic, past of Canaanite, Philistine, and Phoenician Ashkelon.
		Excavate the oldest and largest seaport yet known in Israel, and a thriving Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 B.C.) metropolis of more than 150 acres, with commanding ramparts where the silver calf was found, including the oldest arched city gate in the world, still standing two stories high.
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~semitic/ashkelon/ashkelon_dig2.html (195 words)

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		_______, "Ashkelon and the Fall of the Philistines," in A Heap of Broken Images: Essays in Biblical Archaeology.
		David Schloen, "Recent Discoveries at Ashkelon," Oriental Institute Notes and News 145 (Spring 1995): 1-6.
		Johnson and L. Stager, "Ashkelon: Wine Emporium of the Holy Land." Recent Excavations in Israel.
	fas-www.harvard.edu /~semitic/ashkelon/ashkelon_biblio.html (368 words)

	ASHKELON BIBLIOGRAPHY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Selected Articles on Ashkelon by Lawrence E. Stager
		"Ashkelon." In The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land
		"The Fury of Babylon: Ashkelon and the Archaeology of Destruction."
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/PROJ/ASH/Ashkelon_Bibliography.html (46 words)

	Ancient Ashkelon (Ashqelon) in Israel
		Excavation of the city's important remains began in 1920.
		Ashkelon was the capital of Canaanite Kings and the harbor of the Philistines and the stomping ground of the biblical hero Samson.
		From the Canaanite era Ashkelon is the oldest and largest seaport yet known in Israel and a thriving Middle Bronze Age (2000-1550 BC) metropolis of more thasn 150 acres with commanding ramparts including the oldest arched city gate in the world still standing two stories high...
	ancientneareast.tripod.com /Ashqelon_Ashkelon.html (200 words)

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