Located 9 km south of the city of Saida in southern Lebanon, Tell el-Burak has been the focus of eight excavation seasons (2001–2003, 2005, and 2008–2011) that have uncovered three main settlement phases dating to the Mamluk/ Ottoman...
moreLocated 9 km south of the city of Saida in southern Lebanon, Tell el-Burak has been the focus of eight excavation seasons (2001–2003, 2005, and 2008–2011) that have uncovered three main settlement phases dating to the Mamluk/ Ottoman period and the Iron and Middle Bronze Ages. 1 In Area I, a Mamluk/Ottoman period structure was found overlaying a monumental mud-brick building from the Middle Bronze Age (Figure 1). Area II yielded a massive revetment wall that was built during the Middle Bronze Age. Later, in the Iron Age, a fortification wall was erected on top of this earlier revetment wall. In Area III, buildings dating from the Middle. 1 Cf. the preliminary reports Finkbeiner and Sader 2001; Kamlah and Sader 2003; 2004; 2008; 2010. The Tell el-Burak Project is a joint project of the American University of Beirut (represented by Hélène Sader), the University of Tübingen (represented by Jens Kamlah), and the Oriental Department of the German Archaeological Institute (represented by ...
