Awesome Places – Page 5 – Israel by Leiah

King Solomon’s Mines?

One of the hot debates in Israel's archaeological community is on the extent of the Jewish kingdom during the time of Kings David and Solomon…

If you forced me to pick my favorite spots in Israel, Beit Shearim would be up near the top. So I am always happy to…

As the Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShana approaches, and families get ready for three days of eat, sleep, pray, we will start to hear the…

Sometimes your story needs updating. I used to stand at Qumran and look at the caves in the rock escarpment facing the Dead Sea and…

I write so often of settlement - studying settlement and learning about the past, but we forget that settlement is also destructive. A place which…

Geology tends to be one of those subject you need to learn for the Tour Guide test, but which everyone dreads. Rocks were formed over…

Archaeology is a young science. Three hundred years ago no one cared about digging up, studying and preserving the past. The material remains of the…

Ownership and control of holy places is very much in the news these days in Israel. Whether from committees sitting thousands of miles away or…

As I was researching an oft asked question about placing stones on Jewish graves, I stumbled on a connection to one of my favorite sites, Qumran.…

Archaeology is, in many ways, the guide book for leaving home. As the song reminds me, "There must be 50 ways to leave your lover,"…