Gilgal Rephaim Sixteen kilometers east of the Sea of Galilee in the western part of the historic Bashan plain of the Golan Heights , Israel are the ruins of a most ...
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Tel Dan National Park
View Larger Map Tel Dan National Park – תל דן is located between Kiryat Shmona and the Golan Heights. At Tel Dan you get two attractions for the price of one. ...
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Umm al-Qanatir – אום אל קנטיר One archaeological site on the Golan Heights that is free and easily accessible by car is Umm el Kanatir, which means “Mother of the Arches” ...
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Village of Itri – חורבת עתרי Itri is an archaeological site of an ancient Judean village that was destroyed during the Bar Kochba Revolt against the Romans nearly 1900 years ...
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During the past 30 years, the biblical narrative relating to the establishment of a kingdom in Biblical Judah has been much debated. Were David and Solomon historical rulers of an ...
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I have passed by Tel Lachish – תל לכיש before. It was on Shvil Yisrael. We rested in the small grove near the entrance and fantasized about the tasty Tali ...
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Tel Qeiyafa – חורבת קייאפה A Revolutionary Archaeological Mound The digs on this historical mound have created a revolution in Israeli archaeology with academic as well as political repercussions. The ...
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The Valley of Soreq (Sorek), Tel Beit Shemesh – תל בית שמש, Samson and Delilah are all one story which took place here. Whenever you visit here, don’t forget your ...
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Is this Tel Sheva or Tel Beer Sheva? According to our guide, Ofir Jacobson, Tel Be’er Sheva is to be found in the modern, downtown city of Be’er Sheva, buried ...
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I loved my visit to Tel Arad. I learned so much about Archaelogy. But it left me so confused. Why did the Canaanites desert their city? Why did the Israelite ...
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