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With some of the earliest signs of plant cultivation; and, brushwood dwellings. Ohalo II is an miraculous 23,000 year old archaeological site, on the sea of Galilee. It was best preserved under the last glacial maximum (LGM)
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Located in Israel, on the SW shore of the Sea of Galilee Ohalo II is renowned for its role in providing valuable insights into prehistoric human life. And, that is carbon dated to 23000BP. (1) Some 11000 years, before the onset…
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Munhata: A PPNB Village on the Jordan Valley’s Wetland Frontier
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> Munhata is one of the particularly important, but still surprisingly under-published, Neolithic sites of northern Israel. It captures an unusual moment in the development of village architecture: rectangular PPNB buildings, circular courtyard architecture, craft installations, hunting, plant processing, figurines,…
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Gesher (Central Jordan Valley, Israel): One of the Earliest Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Villages
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> Gesher is one of the earliest known Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) settlements in the southern Levant. Although much smaller than Jericho, it is archaeologically significant because it preserves evidence for one of the earliest permanent farming villages and contains…
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Located 10km south of the Sea of Galilee, & 100km north of Jericho, Sha’ar Hagolan is one of the most important Pottery Neolithic sites in the Near East
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> The type-site of the Yarmukian culture, famous for its early pottery, sophisticated village planning, remarkable female figurines, and one of the earliest known systems of streets and courtyard houses in the LevantExcavations over the last three decades have completely…
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Tell es-Sultan is Yeriẖo in hebrew, ʼArīḥā in arab, or ‘fragrant’ in english. Tulul Abu el Alayiq (“City of Palms”) is Jericho. It is the oldest fortified city in the world (1)(2)
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Because of its fresh water springs, Tell es Sultan or ancient Jericho was a natural oasis in the desert all could enjoy. North of Dead Sea, and west of Jordan river. The buildings and towers raised above the wide area known…