Ascalon, where from?

Looking at wikipedia, I decided to type in ascalon, I got this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascalon
I remember readin on google a while ago that there was a real place called ascalon, so why not wiki it, then typed in Ashkelon and got:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkelon

check it out.


Did Anet get there idea from Ashkelon?

NOTE: Ascalon was originally called Khylo in the beta testing of the game, I am gonna wikipedia that in a minute

i see no resmemblence of ashkelon and askalon it would make more sence in Ellona tho. And there is no such thing as Khylo on wiki

It could be true cuz south of Ascalon there's the Crystal Desert
and according to Israel geography so does Ashkelon.

:P

umm i dont think the makers of gw would go this deap into lore

Why not? Definitely could have, it's not "that deep" it's just the name of a city.

I think Khylo was an Ascalon city prior to the charr attack, not another name for the kingdom

i found a city/state named Ascalon in the bible.
west of Jerusalem.