Site of the Month

This page is a gallery  of the Biblical sites that were selected by BibleWalks.com staff and readers as the “site of the month” during year 2020.

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The selection of the “site of the month” is usually a new site that was added during that past month and was considered at that time as an important addition to the web site and worthy of highlighting. You can look on these sites in order to visit these  “best” sites.

The sites are ordered from the recent month on the top.

To see more of the site, click on its header.

Oct 2020 Sharuhen

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.

Sep 2020 Joseph Lookout

A lookout place on Mt. Gerizim, with great views of Tel Shechem, modern Nablus,  and  the tomb of Joseph. Joshua 24:32: “And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem…”.

 

Aug 2020 Rujm el-Hiri

  • A massive megalithic complex in the Golan heights, regarded as the “Stonehenge of the Levant”.

July 2020 Skull Cave, Lower Amud Stream

  • Skull (Zuttiyeh) cave where Early man remains were found.

 

June 2020 Kebara Prehistoric Cave

  •    A famous prehistoric cave in the south west cliffs of Mt. Carmel.

May 2020 Copper smelting in Aravah

  • Bronze age copper smelting installations in the Northern Aravah area.

Apr 2020   Ein Tamir and Nahal Kziv stream

  • Ruins of a Middle Bronze Age fortress are located on an edge of a cliff overlooking the deep gorge of Nahal Kziv. A nature trail leads down to the spring.

Mar 2020 Deir Samaan

  • An impressive fortified Byzantine monastery, built over a Late Roman fortress.

Feb 2020 Horvat Dur

  • Ruins of a small Upper Galilee village, dated to the Roman/Byzantine period, with impressive group of sarcophagi.

Jan 2020  Tel Adami

  • Ruins of an ancient fortified Biblical city, situated on a natural hill overlooking the Yavna’el valley.

 

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This page was last updated on Nov 7, 2020

 

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