Tell Abil in Northern Jordan was Ancient Raphana or Abila of Decapolis during Roman Empire times. It is located on the site of the village of Beit Ras, divided by the road. Excavations prove that the site was inhabited more than 5000 years ago in the early Bronze Age.
- Gottlieb Schumacher; G Le Strange,Abila of the Decapolis, Abila of Decapolis,Publications (Palestine Exploration Fund), London 1889 - http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89092436096;view=1up;seq=1
- http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/abila/AbilaSurveys.html
- W. Harold Mare, Ph.D. Director, Abila Excavations Professor, Covenant Theological Seminary St. Louis, Missouri. "Excavations at Abila of the Decapolis, Northern Jordan", March 2004.-http://www.bibleinterp.com/excavations/Abila_of_the_Decapolis.shtml
- C Menninga, L Minc, MD Glascock, Neutron activation analysis of pottery samples from Abila of the Decapolis, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Volume 266, Issue 2, 2004, pp. 238-244