The word “occupation” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “occupation” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Tell en-Nasbeh , likely the biblical city of Mizpah in Benjamin , is a 3.2 hectare (8 acre) tell located 12 kilometers (8 miles) northwest of Jerusalem on a low plateau.1The site lies adjacent to an ancient roadway connecting Jerusalem with the northern hill country, which is how Tell en-Nasbeh gained importance as Judahs northern border fortress during its prime phase of occupation in the Iron Age (Strata 3A-C; 1000-586 BCE).2
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Tell en-Nasbeh , likely the biblical city of Mizpah in Benjamin , is a 3.2 hectare (8 acre) tell located on a low plateau 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank . The site lies adjacent to an ancient roadway connecting Jerusalem with the northern hill country , which is how Tell en-Nasbeh gained importance as Judah's northern border fortress during its prime phase of occupation in the Iron Age (Strata 3A-C; 1000-586 BCE). There are also archaeological remains at the site and in surrounding cave tombs that have been dated to the Early Bronze I (Stratum 5; 3500-3300 BCE), Iron I (Stratum 4; 1200-1000 BCE), Babylonian and Persian (Stratum 2; 586-323 BCE), Hellenistic , Roman and Byzantine Periods (Stratum 1; 323 BCE-630 CE).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Tell en-Nasbeh , likely the biblical city of Mizpah in Benjamin , is a 3.2 hectare (8 acre) tell located on a low plateau 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank . The site lies adjacent to an ancient roadway connecting Jerusalem with the northern hill country , which is how Tell en-Nasbeh gained importance as Judah's northern border fortress during its prime phase of occupation in the Iron Age II (Strata 3A-C; 1000–586 BCE). There are also archaeological remains at the site and in surrounding cave tombs that have been dated to the Early Bronze I (Stratum 5; 3500–3300 BCE), Iron I (Stratum 4; 1200–1000 BCE), Babylonian and Persian (Stratum 2; 586–323 BCE), Hellenistic , Roman and Byzantine Periods (Stratum 1; 323 BCE – 630 CE).
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Archaeological site north of Jerusalem Tell en-Nasbeh , likely the biblical city of Mizpah , is a 3.2 hectare (8 acre) tell located on a low plateau 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) northwest of Jerusalem in the West Bank .
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Today
“occupation” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 3. Read the current article and compare.
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“occupation” now appears 3× under Hellenistic period, 70% of the way down the article
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Excavation history1,136 characters
Occupational history1,015 characters
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