Tell Qasile

Tell Qasile
Tel Qasile, 2009
Tell Qasile
Shown within Israel
LocationIsrael
Coordinates32°6′5.76″N 34°47′23.2″E / 32.1016000°N 34.789778°E / 32.1016000; 34.789778

Tell Qasile is an archaeological site near the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv, Israel. Over 3,000 years old, the site contains the remains of a port city founded by the Philistines in the 12th century BC.

Prior to 1948, it was on the village lands of Al-Shaykh Muwannis, which was depopulated in the 1948 war. The first excavations at the site began in 1948, while the war was still ongoing. Today it is located on the grounds of the Eretz Israel Museum, which was built in 1953.

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