Qumran: Things that Don’t Exist
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…
Horned Home Security
Judaism and representative art have had an uncomfortable history. In the Bible, one of the Ten Commandments is not to make any graven image as…
Neglect at the Spring
I write so often of settlement - studying settlement and learning about the past, but we forget that settlement is also destructive. A place which…
Discovering Gamla
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…
Take Out the Trash, Please
As much as anything else, the production of trash marks human lives. What we dump in the trash tells quite a lot about who we…
Chalcolithic Climate Changes
Climate change is a hot topic today. How is man impacting his environment and what can we expect in the future if the current trends…
2% Cave Men
Israel has always been a bridge between cultures. Its unique location between Europe, Africa and Asia positioned it at the center of transportation and exchange…
Running Away, But Not Too Far Away
The Dead Sea as a center of refuge was the topic of my oral licensing exam to become a tour guide and continues to fascinate…
Holey Walls
One of the most beautiful attributes of Jerusalem is the use of stones in building. Because stones are natural, the variance in the facings leads…
Winner Takes All History
Today, I went to Sebastia National Park for my continuing education credits to renew my Tour Guide License. Unlike other national parks in Israel, Sebastia…
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