interesting details. Among other things is a discovery of a thick destruction layer may be dated to the destruction at the hands of the Egyptians, which some associate with the biblical episode from : "Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer, killing the Canaanite population and burning it down. He gave the city to his daughter as a wedding gift when she married Solomon." In 2013, two separate archaeological survey-excavations were conducted at Tel Gezer, one by Tsvika Tsuk, Yohanan Hagai, and Daniel Warner, on behalf of the IAA, and the other led by a team of archaeologists from the SWBTS and Andrews University's Institute of Archaeology. See also Cities of the ancient Near East Archaeology of Israel References Further reading William G. Dever, Gezer Revisited: New Excavations of the Solomonic and Assyrian Period Defenses, The Biblical Archaeologist, Vol. 47, No. 4 (Dec., 1984), pp. 206–218 Dever, William G., "Visiting the Real Gezer: A Reply to Israel Finkelstein", Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University, Volume 30, Number 2, September 2003, pp. 259–282(24) "Confronting the Past: Archaeological and Historical Essays on Ancient Israel", Seymour Gitin, (ed), Eisenbrauns, (January 2006), External links New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's Official Record of the Tel Gezer Excavation The Tel Gezer Excavation and Publication Project (as of 2021); see also 2010 version. Tel Gezer Excavation Ceramic Database Amarna letters locations Archaeological sites in Israel Ancient Jewish settlements of Judaea Tribe of Ephraim Levitical cities Buildings and structures in Central District (Israel) Canaanite cities Former populated places in Southwest Asia Hebrew Bible cities Land of Israel Megalithic monuments in the Middle East National parks of Israel Protected areas of Central District (Israel) Tells (archaeology) 4th-millennium BC establishments Populated places established in the 4th millennium BC 10th-century BC disestablishments Populated places disestablished in the 10th century BC Phoenician cities