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Archaeology

Jerusalem: a summary and a conclusion

An emotional day, as we began our final field trip of the course. If I think back to my last…

Caesarea

Caesarea is perhaps one of Israel’s most famous attractions. The remains of what was once the grandest port in the…

The Sea Peoples

The Sea Peoples are the term now used to refer to a grouping of peoples which the Bible seems to…

Masada

For today’s tour, we took a break in our current historical narrative (1948 and all that) to travel back 2000…

Southern Golan Heights

We ventured north for today’s tour, beginning with a long drive as we set out to explore the area of…

Beit Shearim and Zippori

Today’s tour was another catch-up from when I was taken ill back in February, as we headed north to explore…

Campus Eilat Day Four: Timna

Read about our first day of the Eilat Campus (exploring the Northern Arava and the Ovda Valley), our second day…

Campus Eilat Day One: Northern Arava and Ovda Valley

Read about our second day of the Eilat Campus (exploring the area of Eilat and the Eilat Mountains), our third…

Roman and Byzantine Jerusalem

Today was another catch-up trip, this time focusing on Jerusalem in the Roman and Byzantine periods, i.e. from the 1st…

Shivta and Nitzana

Another catch-up trip as I travelled south with the English-speaking course from Jerusalem to visit some of the Byzantine period…