This is the first of a three-volume final report on the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Renewed Excavations at Ramat Ra?el, 2005–2010. It presents the stratigraphy and architecture of the excavation areas, including portions of the palatial compound, the subterranean columbarium complex, and the Late Roman cemetery; site formation of the tell; twentieth-century fortifications at the site; and the ancient garden and its water installations.