Detourmap
Archaeological & historic sites in Palestine
Palestine has 33 archaeological & historic sites on Detourmap — ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites. The best known is Western Wall. All of them are below.
- Archaeological
- 33
- Oldest
- Tell es-Sultan 9600 BC
- Little known
- 21 of 33
- Most from
- 1st century BC
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2.Qumran
Archaeological · 2nd century BC · Renowned
Archaeological site in the Palestinian Authority, West Bank
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4.Shechem
Archaeological · Notable
Ancient Canaanite and Israelite city in central Samaria in the West Bank
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7.Church of All Nations
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Catholic church in the Valley of Josaphat in Jerusalem, consecrated in 1924
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12.Church of St. Mary of the Germans
Archaeological · 12th century · Notable
12th-century Romanesque Catholic church in Jerusalem
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14.Shalom Al Yisrael Synagogue
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Synagogue in Jericho, West Bank (Yesh"a), Palestina
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15.Eshtemoa synagogue
Archaeological · Hidden gem
The synagogue of the Jewish community Eshtemoa in the Land of Israel
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18.Tell en-Nasbeh
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site north of Jerusalem, in the West Bank
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27.Khirbet Jamjum
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archeological site located at the western part of Gush Etzion
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29.Eastern Wall
Archaeological · 1st century BC · Hidden gem
Ancient structure in Jerusalem that is both part of the eastern side of the city wall of Jerusalem and the eastern wall of the ancient Temple Mount
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31.Qubur Bani Isra'il
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in West Bank, State of Palestine
Questions about this page
How many archaeological & historic sites are there in Palestine?
33 on this map, out of 14,002 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for Palestine with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.
What is the best known of the archaeological & historic sites in Palestine?
Western Wall, 1st century BC. Holy site of Judaism in Jerusalem.
Which is the oldest?
Tell es-Sultan, dated to 9600 BC. 11 of these 33 carry a founding date, 8 of them from before the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.