Shimron

Just some miles west from Nasareth is Tel Shimron. The site was surved 1982. The site was escavated 2004, 2008, 2010, 2016-2019, 2023. In the summer of 2023 ha corbelled vault was discovered. This find represents the first use of a corbelled mudbrick vault in a passageway in the southern Levant, providing a key missing link in the history of the arch in the region. A corbelled vault is an architectural technique in which bricks overlap and gradually step inward, narrowing at the top of the passageway. It was a common technique used in Mesopotamia.

References (2)

Mentioned in total 2 times in the Bible:
Josh. 11:1, Josh. 19:15

Identification

10/10. fully confirmed, archaeological findings and tradition confirm the identification of this place.

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