page_title: Yodfat
section_title: Archaeology
hierarchical_section_title: Yodfat / Archaeology
caption_attribution_description: Panorama from peak of Tel Yodfat.
context_page_description: Yodfat, is a moshav shitufi in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee, south of Carmiel and in the vicinity of the Atzmon mountain ridge, north of the Beit Netofa Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2018 it had a population of 867.
  Modern Yodfat is named after the Second Temple-era town of the same name and is situated to the north of the archaeological mound. Yodfat was established in 1960 by graduates of the Hebrew Reali School of Haifa.
context_section_description: Ancient Yodfat was first identified in 1847 by Ernst Gustav Schultz (1811–1851), Egyptologist and Prussian consul in Jerusalem, using the geographical and topographical descriptions provided by Josephus, as well as by the phonetic similarity to the adjacent ruin of Khirbet Shifat. Six excavation seasons were carried out at the site between 1992 and 2000, under the direction of Mordechai Aviam on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Rochester. These have revealed remains of fortifications, cisterns and extensive evidence of the large scale battle which took place at Yodfat, including a mass grave containing human remains.
caption: The view from Ancient Yodfat.
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