Tel Burna After A Decade Of Work The Late Bronze And Iron Ages

As our project at Tel Burna enters the tenth season of excavations, we have compiled a summary of the archaeological finds from 2009-2018. Tel Burna is located in the southern Shephelah in modern-day southern Israel. The Judean Shephelah is comprised of foothills above several east-west valleys that drain the Judean incline in the east to the coastal plain in the west. These valleys were strategic agricultural zones and trade routes throughout history, and in particular during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages. Tel Burna is situated on a natural hill in the middle of Nahal Guvrin, one of the main roads through the Judean Shephelah.