We are on our way to Miriam Arch from the Crusader period. We enter the old city through the New Gate. This is the only gate among the entrance gates to the old city that is not part of the...

In the first half of the second century, there was a major change in the urban layout of Tzipori following the increase in its population. The increase was mainly as a result of Bar Kochba revolt, and I will only...

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 of Zion. There are two places that I will stop...

We are in the Kidron valley, which has accompanied the history of Jerusalem and the Jewish people for thousands of years. The Kidron brook starts north of the Old City. Yet a significant part of its 34 km long route...

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 remains soft so that cisterns can be dug relatively easily....