Among the pottery found was a Greek jar from the island of Lesbos, the earliest of its kind along the whole Mediterranean coast.

[2] A preservation project was carried out in 2007 by the Israel Antiquities Authority,[2] and the site can now be seen during on the Tel Aviv Promenade.

The site controls an historical trade route passing through the Israeli coastal plain linking Egypt with the Levant.

An aerial photograph of the site carried out by the German Air Force during World War I in 1917 showed it was completely covered in sand and soil.

This monument was made of an inscribed marble stone, which was imported from the site of Apollonia–Arsuf, some 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to the north.

Salvage excavations were carried out by Eleazar Sukenik and Shmuel Yeivin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with the help of Nahman Avigad.

[7] In an article published in 1960, Yeivin maintained that it was established in the 10th century BCE and linked it to biblical Solomon.

[9] Avigad who wrote the site's entry in The Encyclopedia of Archeological Excavations in the Holy Land in 1993 claimed it was established in the 9th century by the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria).

They viewed the reason for the destruction to be part of the 732 BCE military campaign of the Assyrian King Tiglath-Pileser III in the region.

[11] Their view was further supported by a unique find: a Greek amphora (a type of jar used to store oil), from the island of Lesbos.