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The settlement here began in the Chalcolithic period (4,000-3,500 BC). During the Early Bronze Age (3,100-2,200 BC) Afeq was known as a big fortified town. Excavations in the Egyptian Governor's home from the Late Bronze Age (1,550-1,200 BC) revealed many findings, including rare scrolls in cuneiform script, Acadian and Sumerian dictionaries, earthenware, scarabs and seals. In 9 BC Herod built here a town which he named Antipatris. The Ottoman castle Binar Bashi was built in 1571 by Sultan Salim II.