Shikmona necropolis
When I blogged two years ago about Tel Shikmona―the ancient port on the Mediterranean west of Mount Carmel, first inhabited in the late...
Mike Levitt
Mar 12, 2019
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The graves of the Maccabees: a Chanukah Story―קברות המכבים: סיפור חנוכה
The story of the Maccabees Alexander the Great conquered Judea from the Persians in 332 BCE but, after his death, the empire fractured,...
Mike Levitt
Nov 25, 2018
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Huqoq (חוקוק, ياقوق)
Huqoq or Hukkok is mentioned in the Book of Joshua, as a Levite city. The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, for the...
Mike Levitt
Oct 19, 2018
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Rabbi Matya Ben Charash, Eilabun
Ailabu is mentioned as the residence of the Jewish priestly clan known as Haqoṣ, being one of the cities associated with one of the...
Mike Levitt
Oct 5, 2018
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Horvat Amudim (חורבת עמודים)
Yonatan and I visited Horvat Amudim ("The ruins of the columns"), or Sde Amudim ("The Field of columns"), known in Arabic Khirbet Umm el...
Mike Levitt
Oct 5, 2018
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Horvat Beit Netofa (Khirbet Natif)
Yonatan and I had set off towards the Netofa valley to visit Horvat Amudim, but as we reached the valley's north eastern edge at Eilabun,...
Mike Levitt
Sep 16, 2018
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Sataf (صطاف ,סטף)
Ein Bikura spring Yonatan and I took a short drive into the hills of Jerusalem near Ein Kerem and stopped in the Sorek valley to climb...
Mike Levitt
Aug 7, 2018
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Cham b'Tverya
A well-known Hebrew expression, cham b'Tverya ("it's hot in Tiberias"), indicates a general exasperation with never-ending heat and...
Mike Levitt
Aug 3, 2018
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Nimrod Fortress (מבצר נמרוד, قلعة الصبيبة)
Nimrod fortress from lower Banias Riva and I visited Nimrod Fortress―known in Arabic as Qal'at al-Subeiba (Castle of the Large Cliff) and...
Mike Levitt
Aug 2, 2018
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HaGoshrim (הגושרים), the hidden valley, water mills, and the Amir's winter palace.
Hotel HaGoshrim and the Koren stream Riva and I spent the first couple of days of a short break at Kibbutz HaGoshrim in the Galilee...
Mike Levitt
Aug 1, 2018
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