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It's surprising that so few visit Tel Hazor, which played a crucial role in biblical history. On our virtual tour we shall pay Hazor the respect it deserves.

Then Joshua spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, 'Sun, stand still upon Gibeon, and Moon in the valley of Ayalon.'

Hazor was the most powerful Canaanite city state when Joshua conquered the Holy Land.

Indignant that women in the 'digging sciences' had been left to the wayside, four women built up a community celebrating women’s achievements.

New analysis of Iron Age stronghold in the heart of Israel's mountainous Upper Galilee explains who may have built it, why it was built and why it didn’t last long

New analysis of an early Iron Age stronghold in the heart of the mountainous Upper Galilee, an anomaly in time and place, explains who may have built it, why it was built and why it didn’t last long

Around the 18th century BC (the Middle Bronze Age), the inhabitants of Tel Hazor expanded their settlement, and founded the lower city. The upper and lower cities were occupied until the 13 th century BC, when both were violently destroyed. Subsequently, Tel Hazor was rebuilt, though it was no longer the great city it once was. For instance, many of the constructions from this period were of a semi-nomadic character, whilst during the 11th century BC, the site was an unfortified Israelite sett...

Hershel Shanks, whose magazine uncovered ancient Israel, dies at 90 The magazine, Biblical Archaeology Review, which Shanks commanded for over 40 years until his retirement in 2017, popularized what was a rather arcane, technical and exclusive subject and made it digestible for tens of thousands of readers. by Joseph Berger (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Hershel Shanks was neither an archaeologist nor a biblical scholar when the notion of creating a popular magazine devoted to biblical archaeology began...

Hershel Shanks, Whose Magazine Uncovered Ancient Israel, Dies at 90 For more than 40 years at Biblical Archaeology Review, Mr. Shanks simplified esoteric scholarly articles and crowned them with tantalizing headlines. Hershel Shanks in 1972 in Hezekiah’s Tunnel, beneath the City of David in Jerusalem. Mr. Shanks became fascinated with biblical archaeology while visiting Israel that year and later founded a magazine devoted to the subject.Credit...Biblical Archaeology Society Published March 7...