Tel Tzafit News Today

The new data verify the biblical accounts of the Egyptian, Aramean, Assyrian, and Babylonian military campaigns against the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

TAU and the Hebrew University collaborated on a study that precisely dated 21 destruction levels at 17 archaeological sites in Israel by recreating the direction and/or strength of the earth's magnetic field recorded in charred residues.

The view from the top of Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) The excavation site at Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) The white cliffs beneath the site of the Blanche Garde at Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) Sheep graze and egrets catch free rides in the pastures below Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) The white cliffs beneath the site of the Blanche Garde at Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) A milk thistle found along the trail leading up to Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am) The start of the trail up to Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-A...

Ayala Shalmayev The weather last Shabbat was not great, but we decided nevertheless to go explore somewhere new, Tel Tzafit (תל צפית) National Park near Beit Shemesh. All the family came together for what we knew would be a lovely Shabbat walk in this historic place. Among other things, my husband explained to us that Tel Tzafit was called “Gath” in biblical times. If you know the biblical stories then you know that one of the most famous of all makes reference to this place, Gath. I...