Tel Gerisa
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 Tel Gerisa ("Tel Napoleon") | |
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| Location | Tel Aviv |
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| Coordinates | 32°05′30″N 34°48′27″E / 32.09167°N 34.80750°E |
| New Israel Grid | 1820/6667 |
Tel Gerisa (Hebrew: תל גריסה) or Tell Jerishe[1] and Tell Jarisha (Arabic), commonly known as Tel Napoleon (Hebrew: תל נפוליאון, lit. 'Napoleon's Hill'), as his army camped on it during the siege of Jaffa, is an archaeological site in Tel Aviv, Israel, on the southern bank of the Yarkon River. The Tel measures c. 40 dunams.[2] The main phases of the site are dated to the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, with a smaller settlement in Iron Age I and going into decline in Iron Age II (10th century BCE).[1]
Tel Napoleon became part of Tel Aviv on 10 January 1946.[3]
Eliezer Sukenik led the excavations at the site between 1927 and 1951 on behalf of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[4] The Israel Department of Antiquities excavated the site in 1976 (Yigal Yadin and Shulamit Geva). Tel Aviv University's Institute of Archaeology explored the tell between 1981 and 1995 under the direction of Ze'ev Herzog.
