Syrian Forces HQ in the Golan ― בניין החזית הסורית
28 June 2021 My son, Yonatan, had an unexpected leave and we decided to explore some out-of-the-way places in the Golan. So we came to...
Mike Levitt
Dec 10, 2021
A flour mill at Horvat Tahan חוראבת טחן
Driving down from the Golan heights near Gonen, on 24 October 2021, I passed the remains of a ruined top-fed stone mill for the umpteenth...
Mike Levitt
Oct 25, 2021
Dardara (Ashmura) דרדרה الدردارة
In November 1934, Hachsharat HaYishuv (the then Palestine Land Development Company, which worked to purchasing land, to train Jews in...
Mike Levitt
Oct 25, 2021
Sartava (Alexandrium)
Generally known in English as Alexandreion (the Greek name) or Alexandrium (Latin), its alternative name, Sartava (sometimes rendered...
Mike Levitt
Jun 10, 2021
Bikat Horcania & Mar Saba
In March in two consecutive years I explored the treeless plateau in the Judaean desert, above the Dead Sea escarpment, and below the...
Mike Levitt
May 31, 2021
Ein Fâkhûra―עין פח'ורה
Fâkhûra is a ruined Arab village north of Katzrin, of which little remains. It has been excavated along with various areas close by,...
Mike Levitt
Nov 24, 2020
Talking Walls―קירות מדברים
This is a real site "off the beaten track"! We came across it by chance one day, when we took the wrong route close to the Lebanese...
Mike Levitt
Nov 24, 2020
Ne'iel
A small hill west of Sha'ab―itself located on the ruins of a Roman/Byzantine Jewish village by the name of Sha'av―where Nahal Chilazon...
Mike Levitt
Nov 20, 2020
Umm el-'Umdan & Horvat Sher
Way back in December 2019, before the Corona, I had a little time in Modi'in after a business meeting, before driving home, so I decided...
Mike Levitt
Nov 11, 2020
Elizabeth Hotel - מלון אליזבת
The Elizabeth Hotel, on the corner of Ahad Ha'am and Bialik Streets (number 3 on the latter) in the Kiryat Shmuel neighbourhood of...
Mike Levitt
Nov 11, 2020
