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Tel Hazor is a National Park located west of Kibbutz Ayelet Hashachar, close to Route 90, on the southern border of the Hula Valley. The Park covers an area of approximately 840 dunams (210 acres), and it is the largest site in Israel of archeological remains dating back to Biblicaltimes.
The ancient city of Hazor, was situated on the coastal road (Via Maris), the ancient thoroughfare that connected between Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent of Egypt. It was inhabited during a very long period, ranging from the 3rd millennium BCE, the Early Bronze Age, to the 2nd century, BCE. The city´s affluence was due to the fertility of the land in the Hula Valley. It is estimated that at the beginning of the 2nd century BCE, the city´s population numbered between 15,000 and 20,000, and at that time it was the largest city as well as one of the most important in the Land of Israel.
Hazor is first mentioned in the Egyptian Execration texts dating from the 19th century BCE and in the Execration texts found near the Tigris River in Mesopotamia. Later, the city is mentioned in the Amarna Tablets, written in the 14th century BCE and found in El-Amarna in Egypt. The letters refer to the king of Hazor, Avdei Tishrei, who promised to be loyal to the Pharaoh.
In the late Bronze Age, Hazor was a large city. Archeological excavations revealed several small temples and one large one, at the entrance of which were found fortifications, an altar, sculptures made of basalt, and several tablets with hieroglyphics.
The Book of Joshua mentions the city´s conquest by Joshua Ben-Nun. Archeological research has confirmed that Hazor was destroyed in a fire at the end of the Late Bronze Age, in the 12th century, BCE, and remained abandoned for approximately 100-150 years. It is debated, however, whether there is any connection between its destruction in the fire and the conquests of Joshua described in the Bible.
In the Book of Kings 1, Hazor is mentioned as one of King Solomon’s fortified cities, which he had rebuilt in the 10th century BCE.
During the reign of King Ahab, in the 9th century BCE, Hazor became one of the capitals of the kingdom, and a new fortress was added to it. Hazor continued to thrive during the reign of Yerovam the Second, in the first half of the 8th century BCE, until it was conquered, along with the entire Kingdom of Israel, in 732 BCE, by the Assyrian king, Tiglath-Pileserthe Third.
From this point on, although the city remained settled, its days of glory were over, and the last time that it is mentioned in resources dating from the Ancient Period, is in the first book of Maccabees, in association with a war that took place near the city, in the year 147 BCE.
The excavations at Tel Hazor were conducted by several researchers, from the end of the 19th century until the beginning of the 20th century CE. Due to the important findings discovered in the excavations of the city, Tel Hazor was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2005, along with Tel Meggido and Tel Beer-Sheva.
The nearby modern-day town of Hazor Haglilit, founded by immigrants to Israel in 1953, is named after the ancient city.​