 Systematic exploration of the temple started in 1962 under the supervision of Benjamin Mazar, part of the Ein Gedi excavations carried out by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Israel Exploration Society.No domestic ware nor remains of dwellings were found at the site, while its character and plan resemble the Chalcolithic sanctuary found in stratum XIX at Megiddo, confirming its identification as a temple.The excavations at the temple have unearthed a compound consisting of a main building on the north, a smaller one in the east, and a small circular structure, in diameter and probably serving some cultic purpose, in the center.