William F. Albright N/a 1925–39 Megiddo Megiddo Clarence S. Fisher, P.L.O. Guy, and Gordon Loud N/a 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932 Tell Beit Mirsim Eglon or Debir–Kirjath Sepher? William F. Albright N/a 1926–7, 1929, 1932, 1935 excavated Tell en-Nasbeh Mizpah in Benjamin William Frederic Badè N/a 1928–33 Beth Shemesh Beth Shemesh Elihu Grant N/a 1930–6 excavated Tell es-Sultan Battle of Jericho John Garstang Suggested that remains of the upper wall was the wall described in the Bible, and dated to around 1400 BCE.[37] 1931–3, 1935 excavated Samaria Samaria John Winter Crowfoot N/a 1932–38 Lachish Lachish James L. Starkey The excavation was terminated when Starkey was killed by armed Arabs[38] near Hebron while on his way to the opening ceremonies of the Palestine Archaeological Museum in Jerusalem 1936–40 Beit She'arim Beit She'arim Benjamin Mazar N/a 1948–50, 1952–5 excavated Jaffa N/a Jacob Kaplan N/a 1952–1958 excavated Tell es-Sultan Battle of Jericho Kathleen Kenyon Site very much older than putative dates of Conquest of Canaan.[39] 1954, 1959–62 excavated Ramat Rahel N/a Yohanan Aharoni N/a 1955–8, 1968 Hazor Hazor Yigael Yadin N/a 1956–7, 1959–60, 1962 excavated Gibeon Gibeon James B. Pritchard N/a 1961–7 excavated ) Jerusalem (City of David) N/a Kathleen Kenyon N/a 1962–7 Arad Arad Yohanan Aharoni and Ruth Amiran N/a 1962–3, 1965–72 Ashdod Ashdod Moshe Dothan N/a 1963–5 excavated Masada N/a Yigael Yadin N/a 1964–74 Gezer Gezer G. Ernest Wright, William G. Dever, and Joe D. Seger N/a 1968–78 Jerusalem (southwest corner of the Temple Mount) Temple Mount Benjamin Mazar N/a 1969–76 Beersheba Beersheba Yohanan Aharoni and Ze'ev Herzog N/a 1969–82 Jerusalem (Jewish Quarter) Jerusalem Nahman Avigad N/a 1973–94 Lachish Lachish David Ussishkin N/a 1975–82 Aroer Aroer Avraham Biran Aroer is an Israelite town in the Negev Desert, not to be confused with the Moabite Aroer located in Jordan 1977–9, 1981–9 Timnah Timnah Amihai Mazar and George L. Kelm N/a 1978–85 Jerusalem (City of David) Jerusalem Yigal Shiloh N/a 1979–80 Ketef Hinnom N/a Gabriel Barkay N/a 1966–1972 Et-Tell Ai Joseph A. Callaway 1981–2, 1984–8, 1990, 1992–6 Ekron Ekron Trude Dothan and Seymour Gitin N/a 1989–96 Beit-Shean Beit-Shean Amihai Mazar N/a 1994–ongoing Megiddo Megiddo Israel Finkelstein and Eric H. Cline N/a 1996–2002, 2004–ongoing Tell es-Safi (identified as biblical Gath of the Philistines) Gath Aren Maeir N/a 1997– Tel Rehov Amihai Mazar N/a 1999–2001, 2005 Tel Zayit Libnah Ron Tappy N/a 2005 Ramat Rahel N/a Oded Lipschits N/a 2005 Nahal Tut N/a Amir Gorzalczany and Gerald Finkielsztejn excavated N/a 2007 Khirbet Qeiyafa N/a Yosef Garfinkel and Saar Ganor N/a