Archeology & History

Zippori According to the Babylonian Talmud (Megillah 6) Zippori got its name because it sits on a mountaintop like a bird (zippor). Rising only 115m above the fertile Bet Netofa Valley to the North, the numerous springs in the area and its... Read more                                                                                              Tel Dan Located at the foot of Mt Hermon and the Golan Heights, in the northeastern corner of the Huleh Valley. The largest of four sources of the Jordan River, the Dan Spring emerges at the base of Mt. Hermon next to Tel Dan.  Read more     Jerusalem Archeological Park & Davidson Center Visitors to the Park follow events spanning some 5000 years, beginning with the Canaanite (Bronze) Age and continuing through the days of the Israelite monarchy in the First Temple period. Read more     Caesarea The city was founded by Herod the Great (37-4BC) on the site of an ancient fortified town known as Strato's tower. Emperor Augustus gave it to Herod and he in return dedicated the name of the city to Caesar. Read more     Apollonia (Arsuf) The site of Apollonia-Arsuf lies on the Mediterranean coast of Israel on a cliff overlooking a natural anchorage between Jaffa and Caesarea. Arsuf was settled in the 6th or 5th century BCE, and was known as Arsuf. Read more   Qumran Qumran is the site of an ancient settlement on the northwestern Dead Sea shore. Its name is now firmly associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls - one of the most valuable archaeological finds ever. Read more     Jerusalem Walls and Gates A Jerusalem legend provides us with the following story: Before Jerusalem was encompassed by a wall, the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent had a dream in which he saw powerful lions about to tear him about as punishment... Read more   History Timeline of Jerusalem   History Timeline of Jerusalem. 3500 BCE: Jerusalem first settled on the Ophel above the Gihon Spring.  Read more   Tel Maresha - Beit Guvrin   In the Hellenistic period it was called Marissa or Marisa (the present-day Tel Maresha, or Tell Sandahannah, the ruin of a church, St. Anna, which inspired the Arab name for Bet Guvrin, "Sandahanna"), and is the best-known preserved town...  Read more