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Mazar and Kohn-Tavor visit

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Today we were honored to host two distinguished archaeologists, visiting several of the Iron Age fortresses on the northern Jordan valley. The sites we covered today: Horvat Kush,  Horvat A-Dir,  Tel Issachar.

  •  Professor Emeritus Amihai Mazar is one of the most senior experts on Biblical Archaeology, and among his major projects are the Beth Shean Valley Archaeological Project and the excavation and publications of Tel Beit Shean and Tel Rechov.
  • Doctor Kohn-Tavor is leading excavations in Israel and has published a report on the area of central Jordan valley.

  Dating pottery sherds on Horvat A-Dir  (Left to Right, Top to bottom: Ahia Kohn-Tavor, Ron Hofman, Ayelet Keidar, Amichai Mazar)

Visiting Tel Issachar  (Left to Right: Amichai Mazar, Ahia Kohn-Tavor, Yoram and Roni Hofman, Ayelet Keidar)

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Field Survey Videos

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BibleWalks has added a new aspect of the exploration of the Bible Lands.  As reported on 11/9/24, a new video camera (DJI Osmo Pocket 3) was added to BibleWalks survey team. It assists in recording our field surveys, adding live video capture options.   The survey videos are also embedded in our reviews of the sites.

The following field surveys were released and available on YouTube:

  • Horvat Kush – an Iron age fortress on bank of Jabneel stream, northern Jordan valley area.
  • Horvat A-Dir – ruins of an Iron Age fortress, later converted to a Byzantine period monastery
  • Horvat Nurit (Khirbet Nuris) – archaeological ruin on the northern foothills of Mt. Gilboa
  • Tell Ubeidiya – archaeological site located near the Jordan River crossing
  • Tel Issachar – Canaanite and Israelite city, located on the north bank of Issachar brook
  • Tel Nami – Middle and Late Bronze port city in HaBonim Nature reserve
  • Horvat Ziwan (Khirbat ez-Zawiyan) – An impressive Iron age II fortress south of Nahal Tabor

We hope this additional media option will enrich your Bible Walking experience.

Enjoy!

 

 

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Prof. Garfinkel’s visit

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Distinguished archaeologist, Professor Yosef Garfinkel, visited with BibleWalks team in several sites in the northern Jordan valley. Yosef Garfinkel is a renown professor of Prehistoric Archaeology and Biblical Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His many researches and works include famous Biblical sites: Kh. Qeyafa (Shaaraim), Tel Lachish, Kh. al-Ra’i, and world renowned prehistoric sites: Tel Tsaf, Horvat Minha (Kh. Munhata), Prehistoric Gesher,  Ubeidiya and Sha’ar Hagolan.

The tour included several of the Iron Age forts south of the Sea of Galilee that were reviewed as part of BibleWalks Jordan valley Archaeological survey. These sites were:  Horvat Hardon, Horvat A-Dir and Horvat Kush.

Prehistoric sites were also visited: Ubeidiya and Horvat Minha (Kh. Munhata).

 



Garfinkel and Yoram at Ubeidiya prehistoric site.



Garfinkel and Ayelet at Ubeidiya prehistoric site.

 

 

 

 

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New Video recorder

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A new video camera (DJI Osmo Pocket 3) was added to BibleWalks survey team. It will assist in recording our surveys, adding live video capture options.

First released survey: Horvat Kush – an Iron age fortress in the northern Jordan valley area.

 

 

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New site: Horvat Hemed

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A new site added in the Samaria region: Horvat Hemed (Khirbet el Fakhakhir, Khirbet Hamad). An Iron Age and Roman/Byzantine ruin, on the top of a commanding hill, overlooking the Cross-Samaria road.


 

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New site: el-Janab cave

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A new site was added in Samaria region: el Janab refuge cave.

A karst system cave in central Samaria, used as a refuge place over thousands of years. Archaeological survey dated findings from the Chalcolithic thru the Mamluk periods (5th millennium BC to the early 2nd millennium AD).

  Explore the site

 

 

 

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