Robinson first identified the Arab village of Aqir as the site of Ekron in 1838,[REF][REF] and this was accepted until it was contested by Macalister in 1913, who suggested Khirbet Dikerin, and Albright in 1922, who suggested Qatra [REF].
The identification of Ekron as Tel Mikne/Khirbet el-Muqanna was suggested by Naveh and Kallai in 1957-1958,[REF][REF] a theory widely accepted in light of a royal dedication inscription found during the 1996 excavations [REF].