Ein Harod

The Beit Shturman Museum provides a specific cultural point of interest in Ein Harod. The museum is a regional center for museum and educational activities. Its offerings include permanent exhibitions, a gallery for temporary exhibitions, conferences, and events. The permanent exhibitions and rotating gallery give the exhibition spaces different time profiles; individual conferences and events may vary. If you want a specific event to be part of your plans, check its date.

Archaeological Topics in the Northern District

The wider travel destination of the Northern District is also home to Tel Hazor and Tel Megiddo. Both are biblical tells with significant remains of cities connected to the Bible. Their periods and archaeological findings offer different perspectives: at Tel Hazor, points of interest include the Upper City, gate, palace, and water system; at Tel Megiddo, archaeological topics include a temple complex and city plan.

Tel Hazor: Upper City, Gate, and Water System

A visit to Tel Hazor focuses on the Upper City. Its archaeological remains include Solomon’s Gate, a six-chambered gate with two towers dating to the 10th century BCE. The Canaanite palace reflects a different period: it was used by the kings of Hazor in the 14th and 13th centuries BCE. The palace is considered the most elaborate in Israel and one of the most significant in the Levant. The fortifications are considered the finest example of their kind in the area from southern Turkey to the northern Negev.

Tel Hazor preserves significant remains of an underground water-collection system, an advanced engineering achievement adapted to the geography for water storage. In the water system, steps three meters wide are cut into the walls of the vertical shaft. An excavated shaft at Tel Hazor is 45 meters deep. Tel Hazor National Park can be reached from the north and south via Route 90 toward Ayelet Hashahar; check your navigation before setting out.

Tel Megiddo: Temple Complex and City Plan

Tel Megiddo is one of three tells that preserve significant remains of cities connected to the Bible and closely associated with biblical events. The Early Bronze Age temple complex is exceptional in terms of the number of its temples, the continuity of cultic activity, and the documented ritual activities. The orthogonal, or right-angled, Iron Age city plan has few parallels in the Levant. Tel Megiddo therefore offers two distinct archaeological perspectives: cultic activity and rituals on the one hand, and urban planning on the other.

The regional topics also differ in period: at Tel Hazor, the focus is on the use of the Canaanite palace in the 14th and 13th centuries BCE and Solomon’s Gate from the 10th century BCE; at Tel Megiddo, the focus is on the Early Bronze Age and the Iron Age. This allows you to distinguish the archaeological topics in the Northern District by period and type of evidence.

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