The Stratigraphy of Tel Lachish
Sidebar to: Answers at Lachish
(as interpreted by the current expedition)
| Present to 1000 A.D. | Medieval graves; remains of Israel’s 1948 War of Independence |
| Post-exilic period (Babylonian, Persian, Hellenistic) 1st century B.C.–6th century B.C. | Level I: fortified city in main phase; city wall and gate; Residency; Solar Shrine; houses and pits |
| 588/6 B.C. | Destruction: Babylonian conquest Level II: sparsely populated Judean city; city wall and gate; the Lachish letters Intermediate stage in deserted gate area |
| 701 B.C. | Destruction: Assyrian conquest Level III: densely populated city; same fortifications and rebuilt palace-fort (Palace C) Level IV: royal Judean fortified city; two city walls and gate; palace-fort (Palace B) |
| Late 10th century B.C. | Level V, Late Phase: Palace A—Rehoboam’s fort (?) |
| c. 925 B.C. (?) | Destruction: Shishak’s campaign (?) Level V, Earlier Phase: unfortified (?) settlement; cultroom; houses |
gap in habitation—site deserted | |
| 12th century B.C. Late Bronze Age III | Destruction: Israelite conquest (?) Level VI: prosperous, densely populated and unfortified Canaanite city under Egyptian control; Fosse Temple III |
| 14th century B.C. Late Bronze Age II | Destruction Level VII: city of el-Amarna period; Fosse Temple II |
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