The Renewed Archaeological Excavations at Lachish (1973-1994), Volumes I-V

PUBLISHED 2004. Please visit the publication's website: The Renewed Archaeological Excavations at Lachish (1973-1994) Volumes I-V

Tel Lachish is one of the largest, richest and most important archaeological sites from the Old Testament period in southern Palestine. It covers an area of nearly 40 acres. The site is located in the Shephelah, near one of the main routes leading from the coastal plain to the Judean hills. Lachish was continuously settled from the Chalcolithic period in the 4th millennium BCE till the end of the Persian period in the middle of the first millennium BCE. The accumulation of debris in parts of the mound reaches 12 m. (about 35 feet).