More than 7,000 years ago, man began to produce metal and use it for his needs. The first metal, and for thousands of years the main one that was used…
Before entering the Western Wall Tunnels complex to visit several purification baths named mikvehs, I will provide a general explanation on the subject. The Hasmonean period is known as a…
We enter through the Lions' Gate in the direction towards via Dolorosa, and will walk few hundred meters through the Muslim Quarter until we reach the Convent of the sisters…
We are at the ancient city of Maresha, where one characteristics of this region is the chalk rock below us. The chalk rock is brittle compared to the limestone, yet…
We entered a system of underground caves built during the Hellenistic period. In the entire area of the city, about one hundred and sixty very complex underground systems were carved.…
Above us are the ruins of the Hyrcanian (Horkanya) Fortress, which is about 200 meters above the Hyrcanian Valley. The fortress was built either by Alexander Yanai of the Hasmonean…
Tzipori existed as a Jewish city from the Hasmonean period until the 5th century, yet Jews did live in the area until the 10th century. Tzipori was a well-known city…
Roman baths were an integral part of a typical day in ancient times; Not only from the functional aspect, as a place to bathe, but mainly as a building block…
Tzipori existed as a Jewish city from the Hasmonean period until the 5th century CE, yet Jews did live in the area until the 10th century. Tzipori was a well-known…
These impressive reservoirs in the Secacah brook, date to the Byzantine period or to the beginning of the Muslim period, so somewhere between the fourth and seventh centuries. "Bir" -…
