IAA archaeologists Saar Ganor and Itamar Weissbein said: “The fortress we found provides a glimpse into the geopolitical reality described in the Book of Judges, in which the Canaanites, Israelites and Philistines are fighting each other.
“In this period, the land of Canaan was ruled by the Egyptians and its inhabitants were under their custody.”
The citadel follows the design of Egyptian ‘governor’s houses’ and some of the pottery found at the site imitates the style of Egyptian bowls.
The Egyptians left Canaan in the middle of the 12th century BC.
source: express.co.uk