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Ascalon

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This is a very old city.

Restored Canaanite city gate of Ashkelon (14341997262).jpg
Restored Canaanite city gate of Ashkelon (14341997262).jpg
It sits by the blue sea.
Ashkelon Pre-Pottery Neolithic C site.jpg
Ashkelon Pre-Pottery Neolithic C site.jpg
Many people lived there long ago. They built big walls.
Arrowheads from PPNC Ashkelon.jpg
Arrowheads from PPNC Ashkelon.jpg
It is a special place to visit. Do you like old cities?

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File:Ancestry proportion of Nuwayrat and comparative Bronze Age Levantine and Anatolian genomes for the best-fit full model (qpAdm).png
Ancestry proportion of Nuwayrat and...
File:Arrowheads_from_PPNC_Ashkelon.jpg
Arrowheads_from_PPNC_Ashkelon.jpg
File:Restored Canaanite city gate of Ashkelon (14341997262).jpg
Restored Canaanite city gate of Ashkelon...
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Ashkelon - jsqAr(w)ny.gif
File:Monnaie - Hémidrachme, argent, Ascalon, Philistie - btv1b8498248j (1 of 2).jpg
Monnaie - Hémidrachme, argent, Ascalon,...
File:Coin of Diodotus Tryphon (cropped), Antioch on the Orontes mint.jpg
Coin of Diodotus Tryphon (cropped),...
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Ask Sarcopag.jpg
File:Sey'd Hussein Shrine1a.jpg
Sey'd Hussein Shrine1a.jpg
File:Battle of Ascalon-engraving.jpg
Battle of Ascalon-engraving.jpg
File:Siege of Ascalon (1153).jpg
Siege of Ascalon (1153).jpg
File:Ascalon from the 1871-77 Palestine Exploration Fund Survey of Palestine.jpg
Ascalon from the 1871-77 Palestine...
File:Ashkelon Pre-Pottery Neolithic C site.jpg
Ashkelon Pre-Pottery Neolithic C site.jpg
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