Jerusalem
Jerusalem comes up so often in this blog that it has its own category. The posts here range across the city’s layers, from the Iron Age remains of the City of David and Second Temple-period archaeology through Crusader and Mamluk Jerusalem, the European-power buildings ringing the Old City from the late 19th century, the British Mandate years, and the divisions that shape the modern city. Specific sites (the Western Wall, the Holy Sepulchre, Ammunition Hill, Yad Vashem) sit alongside more reflective pieces about what it’s like to guide people here.
23 articles
23 articles
Christianity on the Mount of Olives and Mount Zion
A walking tour of the Christian sites surrounding the final days of Jesus: from the Chapel of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives, down through Gethsemane, and up to the Last Supper room and St Peter in Gallicantu on Mount Zion.
Jerusalem: First Temple and Second Temple Periods
A field-trip filling in the gaps between the two Jerusalem temple-period days: the Roman 10th Legion's camp under Binyanei Hauma, the Western Wall Tunnels, an advance preview of the Eastern Cardo, the Kidron mausolea and the burial tombs at Ketef Hinnom.
Jerusalem in the First Temple Period
Our first field-trip to Jerusalem, focusing on the First Temple period: a panorama from the Haas Promenade, the archaeology of the City of David, Hezekiah's Broad Wall and the Israelite gate tower, and the Ariel Centre's model of the early city.
If you are going to Israel, you would be mad not to give him a call.
Amol Rajan, BBC presenter and broadcaster
Having been on trips in Israel with seven different tour guides, Samuel stood above all the rest.
Seasoned Israel traveller
Samuel is one part walking encyclopedia, one part storyteller, one part stand-up comedian.
Berkeley Haas Business School student