Excavations at Tel Eton—thought to be the city of Eglon mentioned in the biblical book of Joshua—have uncovered what seems to be an ancient administrative center. The archaeologists believe that the city, located southwest of Jerusalem, was the third largest in ancient Judah after Jerusalem and Lachish. Robin Ngo writes:
Tel Eton is a fifteen-acre site strategically situated at a juncture where an ancient north-south road connected the Beersheba valley with the Ayalon valley and where several east-west roads connected the coastal plain with Mount Hebron. Surveys and excavations led by [excavation director Avraham] Faust . . . have revealed intermittent signs of occupation at Eton from the Early Bronze Age (3500–2200 BCE) to the Byzantine period (324–638 CE).
The Tel Eton project has concentrated excavation work on the large town that flourished in the 8th century BCE as part of the kingdom of Judah. During this time, the town boasted fortifications and a large house structure that sat at the mound’s highest point. . . . The Tel Eton archaeologists believe this building was the residence of a Judahite governor in charge of administrative affairs in the region.
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