Awesome Places – Israel by Leiah

God and Copper

Where did God come from? We humans want to know the origin of everything in the world. The inquisitive mind keeps us asking. And as…

I work for the Tower of David. I guide there, and translate materials for them, so I am interested in everything surrounding the Citadel and…

Beer Sheva is mentioned in the biblical text 30 times. Many of those mentions are part of important biblical narratives such as the story of…

The Dead Sea is one of my favorite places, perhaps because of its other-worldly feel. The entire area is full of surprises and mysteries. On…

As we come up to Easter week, the Old City of Jerusalem becomes more and more crowded. Many of the Catholic Christian pilgrims remember Jesus's…

Dogs and archaeologists have one thing in common - they both like to dig. Many teams of archaeologists came in the 19th century searching for…

Today we marked the 10th day of the Hebrew month of Tevet with a fast. According to tradition, on this day the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar…

THE TRAP After the turmoil in the Seleucid government settles down, focus is again returned to Judea. The new emperor, Demetrius I, who lied and…

DAVID VS. GOLIATH When we arrive at the third battle, there is a paradigm shift. Josephus and I Maccabees, which gave only a few sentences…

MAKE ME FAMOUS The second battle of Judah Maccabeus which occurred less than a year after the first battle is spearheaded by an ambitious fellow -…