 City wall of Tell Tweini | |
  Shown within Syria | |
| Alternative name | Gibala |
|---|---|
| Location | Latakia Governorate, Syria |
| Region | Levant |
| Coordinates | 35°22′18″N 35°56′11″E / 35.37167°N 35.93639°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | In ruins |
Tell Tweini, (also Tell Toueini) possibly the ancient town of Gibala, is a 12 hectare archaeological site located 1 kilometre east of the modern city of Jableh, Syria. It is situated within the coastal plain of Jableh, a short distance of two other main archaeological sites: Tell Sukas (5 km) and Tell Siyannu (6 km). As a tell, the site is the result of centuries of habitation on the same place, which resulted in a rising mound, as every new generation built their houses on top of the remains of older structures. The tell is sited about 1.7 kilometers from the coast but it appears that in the Bronze Age a sea incursion provided a harbor access to the sea.[1][2]
- ^ Bretschneider J, et al, The Late Bronze Age and Iron Age in the Jebleh region: a view from Tell Tweini. In: Kühne H, Czichon RM, Kreppner FJ, editors. Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pp. 33–46, 2008
- ^ Bretschneider, Joachim, Anne-Sophie Van Vyve, and Greta Jans., “Tell Tweini: a Multi-period Harbour Town at the Syrian Coast.” In Egypt and the Near East - the Crossroads, ed. J Mynarova, pp. 73–87, 2011