Achziv

Achziv ( antique: Ekdippa ) was a river of the same town in northern Israel between Acre and Tyre, according to the biblical representation in the tribal territory of Asher ( cf. Josh 19:29 EU and Ri 1.31 EU). As evidenced by the archaeological finds Achziv va was marked Phoenician.

History

The city Achziv is mentioned in cuneiform texts as Aksibi. The first settlement took place in the Middle Bronze Age IIb. Achziv served as a port facility, which remains can still be seen today. Excavations also a cemetery was found, which was in the Iron Age and the Persian period in use. Sennacherib conquered the city in 701 on his third expedition to Phoenicia.

In the Mishnah and Talmud Achziv is repeatedly mentioned as the northern border point of Israel. Flavius ​​Josephus and Eusebius mention the place also.

In the Crusader period was at the place, the Crusader fortress of Casal Imbert. From the remains of an Arab village ( ez- Zib ), whose inhabitants fled to Lebanon after the 1948 war Palestine developed. Today is in Achziv a national park.