New site added in Jerusalem area: Ramat Rachel.
Ruins of a royal palace and administration center, on the south outskirts of Jerusalem, overlooking the road to Bethlehem and Hebron.
New site added in Jerusalem area: Ramat Rachel.
Ruins of a royal palace and administration center, on the south outskirts of Jerusalem, overlooking the road to Bethlehem and Hebron.
A new site was added in the Shefela area – Tel Haror. Ruins of a multi-period massive Biblical city. A possible identification is Gerar, an important royal city in the age of the Patriarchs.
See the Tel Haror page.
A new site was added in Jaffa area: public fountains (Sebils) dated to the Ottoman period.
Read more: Jaffa Sebils
A site was reviewed in the Upper Galilee area- Temple cave: A mysterious complex of caves above the Kziv stream, in the Upper Galilee area, with a large engraving of an ancient Roman soldier on the surface of the cliff.
Read more: Temple cave
A new page was added in the Negev area –
Sharuhen was a major Canaanite city in the western Negev area, situated on the way from Egypt northwards and from the coast eastwards. The Canaanite city was the last stand of the Hyksos after their expulsion from Egypt in the 16th century BC. Some scholars identify it in Tell el-Farah near the Gaza strip.
Read about it: Sharuhen
A new page was added in the Samaria area. The Joseph lookout point, adjacent to Tell er-Ras on Mt. Gerizim, offers great great views of Mt. Ebal, Tel Shechem, Nablus, and the tomb of Joseph.
Due to the spread of the virus, travel in Israel’s sites is banned since last week, and all citizens are confined to their homes.
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