Editing Palace (section)

===Israel/Palestine===
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The pre-[[Israelite]] [[Canaan]]ite site of [[Tel Kabri]], destroyed in c. 1600 BCE, was built around a palace core. A palace culture of ancient [[History of ancient Israel and Judah |Israel and Judah]] can be inferred from the [[Hebrew Bible]], and the [[History of Israel#Iron Age |Iron Age]] [[Omride]] palace at [[Samaria (ancient city)|Samaria]] has been excavated by archaeologists; no palace of [[David]] has been securely identified, and the historicity of [[Solomon]] is yet to be proven.

From the Late [[Hellenistic]] or [[Hasmonean]] and the Early Roman or [[Herodian]] period, there are many historical palaces like the two at [[Masada]]. [[Herod's Palace| Palaces of Herod the Great]] and his line of [[Client kingdoms in ancient Rome| client kings and rulers]] have been further identified at several sites, including Herod's [[Herod's Palace (Jerusalem) |royal palace at Jerusalem]], the Hasmonean and Herodian winter palaces at [[Tulul Abu el-'Alayiq| Jericho]], and Herod's [[Herod's Palace (Herodium)| fortified palace and second administrative seat at Herodium]] in the Judean desert. Herod's palace at [[Caesarea Maritima]] preserved its palatial function as the official residence of the [[Roman procurator]]s and [[Roman governor|governors]] of In [[Judaea (Roman province) | Judaea]].

There are other much later palaces in the [[Old City of Jerusalem]], such as the [[Mamluk Egypt| Mamluk]] [[Lady Tunshuk Palace]].

There are a number of magnificent 19th-century buildings that are not considered "palaces", but have the grandeur of a typical palace, such as the [[Bukharan Quarter#Yehudayoff Palace ("Armon") |Yehudayoff-Hefetz residence]], and the [[Russian Compound#Sergei Courtyard |Sergei Courtyard]] in [[Jerusalem]].