This is the first of a three-volume final report on the Tel Aviv-Heidelberg Renewed Excavations at Ramat Raḥel, 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.