Al-Moghraqa

Al-Moghraqa
Al-Moghraqa during the 2000 excavations
Shown within Gaza Strip
Al-Moghraqa (State of Palestine)
LocationAl-Mughraqa, Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Coordinates31°28′21″N 34°24′56″E / 31.47250°N 34.41556°E / 31.47250; 34.41556
TypeSettlement
Area15 hectares (37 acres)
History
FoundedMiddle Bronze Age (early 2nd millennium BC)
Site notes
Discovered1996
Excavation dates2000

Al-Moghraqa is a Bronze Age former settlement in Gaza Governorate of the Gaza Strip in Palestine. It was discovered in 1996 in the town of Al-Mughraqa and investigated in 1999 and 2000 as part of the Gaza Research Project. The site was inhabited in the early 2nd millennium BC, and may have been associated with the nearby settlement of Tell el-Ajjul, which was inhabited at around the same time.