Lachish's history is long, beginning in the Neolithic age and continuing to become Judah's second most important city (the first being Jerusalem). Not much is left today but the lizards
Arad, and a View of Moab
One of the distinctive features of Arad are their lookout points giving a view of the vast valleys and grand mountain ranges surrounding the area. It was an admitted thrill to stand in the foothills of what was once Judah and gaze across to the mountains of Moab.
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Masada Museum: The Sicarii
They were considered a splinter group of the Zealots, and were called Sicarii because they hid small daggers called sicae in their cloaks. Like silent, stealthy assassins, they would blend in with the crowd then in a split-second strike of a snake, they would whip out their sicae to attack Romans, and disappear as a wisp of smoke.
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Masada Museum: Roman Soldiers
While Dave and I were walking through the Masada Museum, it occurred to me that Roman soldiers show up a lot, and at important junctures, throughout the Gospels and the Book of Acts.
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Masada: Herod’s Aerie
Herod the Great’s palace complex on the plateau of Masada does not feature in the Biblical narrative, but it is an impressive site, nonetheless, and speaks to Herod’s ambitious building program, enormous budget, and ambitions of grandeur.
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Be’er Sheva: Abraham’s Well
Abraham’s brothers and father also became believers in the One True and Living God, the first monotheists in the history of humankind.
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Ashdod: Clash of Cultures
As one enters the Museum of Philistine culture, we are met with a reconstruction of what a Philistine warrior might have looked like.
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Ashdod: Philistine Origins
Philistines were never included in this list of Canaanite people. They came from somewhere else.
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Ashdod
The Philistines had five great city-states, each with their own king: Ashkelon was the only port city. Gaza was Philistia’s southernmost city-state, Ashdod to the north was a bit further inland, and even more inland was Ekron, known for its olive oil export, then Gath was to its south.
