Tell el-Ajjul

Tell el-Ajjul
Tell el-Ajjul in 1954
Shown within State of Palestine
LocationPalestine
RegionGaza Strip
Coordinates31°28′04″N 34°24′15″E / 31.4677°N 34.4043°E / 31.4677; 34.4043
TypeSettlement
History
PeriodsBronze Age
Site notes
Excavation dates1930–1934; 1999–2000
Archaeologists

Tall al-Ajjul or Tell el-'Ajul is an archaeological mound or tell in the Gaza Strip. The fortified city excavated at the site dates as far back as ca. 2000–1800 BCE and was inhabited during the Bronze Age. It is located at the mouth of Wadi Ghazzah just south of the town of Gaza.