Et-Tell

Also known as Khirbet al-Tall, Tall al-Tall

Et-Tell () or Khirbet et-Tell (also meaning "heap of ruins") is an archaeological site in the West Bank in Palestine. The site is commonly identified with the biblical city of Ai.

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Location
Settlement phases
Early Bronze I
Early Bronze II (2950/2860–2720 BC)
Transitional EB II–III Hiatus (c. 2720–2700/2680 BC)
Early Bronze III
Hiatus (2400–1200 BC)
Iron Age I
Excavation history
Comparisons with biblical Ai
References
General references
Bibliography
External links

Et-Tell () or Khirbet et-Tell (also meaning "heap of ruins") is an archaeological site in the West Bank in Palestine. The site is commonly identified with the biblical city of Ai.

==Location== The site of et-Tell is just beside the modern village of Deir Dibwan and about 3 km east of Beitin (ancient Bethel), atop a watershed plateau overlooking the Jordan Valley and the city of Jericho 14 km east.