Abstract
It has long been recognized that Shechem controlled one of Israel's most important crossroads, since the city was situated at the junction of the longitudinal Jerusalem-Jenin highway and the lateral road that crossed the hill country through the pass created by Nahal Shechem and Wadi Fariʿa. With the increase of archaeological investigations in the area in recent years, the lines of nearly 20 additional Iron Age roads leading to Shechem can now be traced, indicating that the city was the hub of an extensive road network that flourished in central Samaria during the biblical period.
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