Category Archives: Archaeology

From Tiberias to Gamla

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Shimona from the Palace

Last month, I took part in a field trip under the auspices of Yad Ben Zvi, to Second Temple era archaeological sites in the Galilee and the Golan Heights. Since then, tensions on Israel’s northern border (with Lebanon and Syria) … Continue reading →

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Galilean Jaunt

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Shimona from the Palace

Last month, I participated in another field trip with Yad Ben Zvi, as part of the series on the archaeology of the Land of Israel in the Second Temple Period. This trip would take us up north, to the Lower … Continue reading →

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A Journey Back In Time – Maresha and Itri

Posted on March 14, 2024 by Shimona from the Palace

Hard on the heels of my field trip to Masada two weeks ago in the framework of a Yad Ben Zvi course on the archaeological sites of the Second Temple period, this week, we visited two more sites – Maresha … Continue reading →

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Music, Masada and the Weight of History

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Shimona from the Palace

I have so much to tell, I really don’t know where to begin. Should I write about the IDF’s daring and heroic rescue of two of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza, last month? The deadly terrorist shooting attack the … Continue reading →

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A Little Fresh Air

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Shimona from the Palace

I can hardly believe it has been almost two months since I last posted! At the time, I wrote that music is my only refuge from the insanity all around me – but that isn’t quite true. I find it’s … Continue reading →

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Getting Up To Speed

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Shimona from the Palace

Mea culpa. Mea culpa. Mea culpa. I have fallen so very much behind in my reporting. I had meant to post here about my last two Biblical archaeology field trips – to Beth El and Shiloh in May, and to … Continue reading →

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Touring With the Bible In One’s Hand: Megiddo, Ma’ayan Harod and Gilboa

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Shimona from the Palace

I often write about terrorist attacks here in Israel, but I already posted in my Facebook account about two deadly atrocities carried out during Pessach by “Palestinians”, in one of which, a British-Israeli mother and two of her daughters were … Continue reading →

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Bible in Hand: The Altar of Mount Ebal

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

In the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses, knowing he is destined to die east of the River Jordan, and not enter the Promised Land with the Children of Israel, whom he has led since leading them out of Egypt, takes his … Continue reading →

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Touring With the Bible: The Jordan Valley In the Footsteps of Joshua, Elijah – and John the Baptist

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

I have never been fond of Autumn, the saddest of seasons. We put the clocks back the night between 29 – 30th October, and so it is now dark by 5:30 pm. I find that singularly depressing. On the other … Continue reading →

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A New Year Is Just Around The Corner

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

Shame on me, allowing almost three months to pass without writing about anything. And now, lo and behold – Rosh Hashana is less than a fortnight away, the children are all back at school (the almost “traditional” teachers’ strike having … Continue reading →

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