Gaza City was founded in the 15th century BC and is one of the major and ancient Palestinian cities. It was one of the cities of the five Palestinian kingdoms.…

The name Sykomazon appeared in Byzantine organizational documents and also in the Jerusalem Targum. The site is now known as "Khirbet Souq Mazen," located about 11 km southwest of Gaza.…

It is mentioned in the Bible in the book [Joshua 15:31(31) and Ziqlag and Madmanah and Sansanah], an Aramaic name for Dimna meaning garbage dump, now known as (Khirbet Umm…

This site was mentioned only on the Madaba mosaic map, and its location was fixed near the site of Khirbet Sihan (coord. 105-95), about 6 km southeast of Gaza.

Thauatha or Tabatha "Thabatha", is located at Khirbet Umm al-Tut, which is located south of Wadi Gaza and about 2.5 km away. It is the birthplace of Saint Hilarion (271…

Mentioned only on the Madaba mosaic map, it is located south of Gaza, about 7 km away.