Shechem - Tell Balata

Remains of ancient Shechem were brought to light by German archeologists, beginning with Ernst Sellin (1913), on Tell Balata. They included fortifications of the Hyksos period (17th century B.C.), the foundations of a large Canaanite temple and a temple of Baal-Beelit dating from the 13th/12th century B.C., no doubt the scene of Abimelech's election as king.