Samaria (Sebaste)

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Hellenistic city Roman city ancient city archaeological site biblical site

Samaria (Sebaste) is an important archaeological site in the central highlands of the West Bank, preserving the remains of the ancient capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and later Hellenistic and Roman cities.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
city of Samaria 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic city ⓘ
Roman city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
biblical site ⓘ
containsArtifactType Samaria ivories NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
pottery from multiple periods ⓘ
containsStructure Byzantine church remains ⓘ
Hellenistic and Roman temples ⓘ
Roman basilica ⓘ
Roman forum ⓘ
Roman theater ⓘ
acropolis ⓘ
city fortifications ⓘ
city gate ⓘ
colonnaded street ⓘ
royal palace complex of the kings of Israel ⓘ
stadium or hippodrome (disputed) ⓘ
country State of Palestine ⓘ
excavatedBy George Andrew Reisner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harvard University expedition ⓘ
John Winter Crowfoot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kathleen Kenyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationStartDate early 20th century ⓘ
foundationDate 9th century BCE ⓘ
foundedBy King Omri of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Samaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sebaste NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sebastia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shomron NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus major archaeological heritage site in the West Bank ⓘ
locatedIn Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
central highlands of the West Bank ⓘ
historical region of Samaria ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament ⓘ
namedAfter Shemer (landowner from whom Omri bought the hill) NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyModernSettlement Sebastia village NERFINISHED ⓘ
newNameGiven Sebaste NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf West Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ
period Byzantine period ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
reconstructedBy Herod the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
renamedBy Herod the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
renamedInHonorOf Emperor Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance important for the study of Israelite, Hellenistic, and Roman urbanism in the Levant ⓘ
preserves remains of the ancient capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Northern Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Kingdom of Israel → archaeologicalSite → Samaria (Sebaste) ⓘ
as-Sāmirah or as-Sāmiriyyah → hasCapital → Samaria (Sebaste) ⓘ
subject surface form: as-Sāmirah
this entity surface form: city of Samaria
as-Sāmirah or as-Sāmiriyyah → hasCapital → Samaria (Sebaste) ⓘ
subject surface form: as-Sāmiriyyah
this entity surface form: city of Samaria