page_title: Tel Yokneam
section_title: Archaeological park
hierarchical_section_title: Tel Yokneam / Archaeological park
caption_attribution_description: עברית: תֵּל יָקְנְעָם הוא תל גדול הנמצא בסמוך ליקנעם של ימינו, על גבול עמק יזרעאל ורכס הכרמל. תל יקנעם ממוקם בסמוך לאחת מהדרכים החשובות ביותר בעת העתיקה אשר עברה בואדי מילק וקישרה בין דרך הים (ויאה מריס) והדרך המובילה צפונה לעיר צור. נקודה זאת הקנתה ליקנעם העתיקה ערך אסטרטגי וכלכלי רב. התל ממוקם בגובה 70 מטר מעל פני הואדי. This is a photo of a place that is recognized as a heritage site by The Council for Conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel. The site's ID in Wiki Loves Monuments photographic competition is 16-0240-100
context_page_description: Tel Yokneam, also spelled Yoqne'am or Jokneam, is an archaeological site located between the modern city of Yokneam Illit and the town of Yokneam Moshava. It was known in Arabic by a variant name, Tell Qamun, believed to be a corruption of the Hebrew name. The site is an elevated mound, or tel, spanning around 40 dunams and rising steeply to a height of 60 meters. With a few brief interruptions, Yokneam was occupied for 4,000 years, from the Middle Bronze Age to the Ottoman Empire.
  The ancient settlement at Tel Yokneam is first mentioned in Egyptian sources as a city conquered by Pharaoh Thutmose III. It appears later in the Hebrew Bible as a city defeated by Israelite leader Joshua and settled by the Tribe of Levi. It is mentioned twice in Roman sources. During the Crusades, it was called Caymont, or Cain Mons, recalling a legend that Yokneam was the site of Cain's death. For a period, it was the center of the Lordship of Caymont, the smallest seigneurie of the Crusader state of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
  The earliest archaeological features of Yokneam date from the Chalcolithic period, in the fourth millennium BCE.
context_section_description: Tel Yokneam today is an archaeological and educational park, jointly managed by the municipality of Yokneam Illit and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
  The park was created between 2007 and 2010, as a tel conservation project by the municipality and the IAA for the city's residents. Yokneam Illit's elementary and high school students took part in the project. The project involved creating a paved path from the foot to the top of the mound, circling its peak. The students set up ceramic blocks, each decorated with drawings and pictures representing a different historical period. The blocks are arranged chronologically on the path, advancing through history as the path climbs towards the mound's peak. At the top of the mound are four thematic stations. The first includes a pit representing the archaeological strata of the tel. The other stations, respectively, provide information about Yokneam as a city inhabited by the Tribe of Levi; a model of the biblical city; and maps showing the site's relationship to the trade routes and other sites around it. Native oak trees were also planted at each station to provide shelter from the sun. In 2013, students reconstructed 30 meters (100 ft) of the Iron Age fortification system.
  The park contains a visitor center with an exhibition of finds from Tel Yokneam. According to the center, the exhibition tells the story of ancient Yokneam from a historical, cultural, religious, and economic point of view. Among the finds displayed is a rare statue representing either the ruler or a noble of ancient Yokneam. The statue is dated to the 9th century BCE, the time of the northern Kingdom of Israel. It shows Phoenician influence, and is the only one of its kind found in Israel to date. Also exhibited is a ritual vessel from the nearby Tel Qashish, dating from the Late Bronze Age. The visitor center was opened during Passover, 2019. At the opening ceremony, the future development plan for the archaeological park was revealed.
caption: Ceramic blocks representing historical periods, decorated by Yokneam Illit students
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