Monday, November 17, 2008
David's Citadel Or Shalem Sound and Light Show
It is advised to call in advance to confirm.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Itinerary for Overseas Adventure Travel October 24 - November 6 2008
ITINERARY AT A GLANCE
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Shabbat – please note everything closes at 4:00 pm
Arrive Tel Aviv, check-in to Tal Hotel Tel Aviv
7:00 pm Welcome drink and Briefing with tour TL
7:30 pm Welcome Dinner in Hotel
Saturday, October 25th 2008
6:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast in Hotel
9:00 am Arrive in Jaffa and walking tour of the Old City.,
10:00 am Visit Ilana Goor Museum
Walking tour and visit of the flea market
11:30 pm Lunch by your own
12:30 pm Depart for Tel Aviv
1:00 pm Visit of Reuven Rubin Museum and Bialiq St.
3:00 pm Visit Nachlat Binyamin and walking back to hotel
Dinner on own
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
6:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast in Hotel
9:00 am Depart for Caesarea and visit archaeological site
12:30 pm Lunch at Kibbutz Sdot Yam
1:30 pm Depart to Haifa and visit of the Bahai gardens
4:00 pm Depart to kfar Haruv
6:30 pm Arrive Kibbutz Kfar Haruv, Golan Heights
Meeting with the kibbutz members and Dinner at Mitzpe Shalom Restaurant
Monday, October 27th, 2008
6:30 – 8:00 am Breakfast in the Hotel
8:30 am Depart to Megiddo , guided visit including tunnels
11:00 am Departure for Nazareth and visit the Annunciation church
1:00 pm Lunch on own
2:00 pm Depart for visit of Tzippori archaeological site.
4:00 pm Depart to Kfar Haruv
Dinner on own
Tuesday, October 28th 2008
7:30 am Breakfast delivered to your cabin
8:30 am Depart for Gamla Nature Reserve
Short hike in the Reserve
10:30 am Depart to Kibbutz El Rom .View the film on the Yom Kippur war. Stop at the Valley of Tears Memorial area (view battlefield)
1:00 pm Depart to Majdal Shams and home hosted lunch with a Druze family
3:00 pm Visit and wine tasting in Odem Winery
5:00 pm Return to Lodge, Kibbutz Kfar Haruv
Dinner on own
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
7:30 am Breakfast delivered to your cabin
8:30 am Depart for the Valley of Kineret
Visit sites around the Sea of Galilee including Copernium
11:00 am Sail on the Sea of Galilee
12:00 noon Visit the “Jesus Boat”
1:30 pm “St. Peter’s fish” Lunch at a local restaurant on Jordan River
5:00 pm Arrive Jerusalem and check in Ritz Hotel
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
6:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast in Hotel
9:00 am Departure and visit City of David including wet and dry tunnels.
Walking tour of Old Jerusalem beginning with the Temple Mount area (view the Dome of the Rock from afar). Visit the Holy Sepulcher and walk along the Via Dolorosa viewing the Arab and Christian quarters of Jerusalem.
Lunch on your own in the old city
6:00 pm Depart for Optional tour Jerusalem by night included Dinner in a local restaurant ($100.00 P.P)
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Shabbat-Please note everything closes at 2:00 pm.
6:30 – 8:15 am Breakfast in hotel.
8:15 am Depart for "Yad Vashem" museum: visit and lecture by a holocaust survivor
12:30 am Departure to Machaneh Yehuda market and lunch on your own
4:00 pm Lecture at hotel by a Palestinian woman
5:00 pm Departure for the wailing wall for Shabbat prayer.
6:00 pm Transfer to Ambassador Hotel for Shabbat dinner. The dinner will follow the traditional menu for the Jewish Shabbat meal.
Saturday, November 1st, 2008
6:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast in Hotel
9:00 am Depart for Israel museum. Visit the model of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Continue walking tour in the old city
Lunch on your own
2:00 pm Return to Hotel
3:00 pm Optional Tour: Beth Lechem with included dinner ($95.00 P.P)
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
6:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast in Hotel
8:30 am Depart for the Dead sea
Visit the Qumran Archeological site
12:30 pm Depart for Neve Midbar. Lunch in the restaurant followed by shopping time at "Sea of Life" Dead Sea products and time in leisure in order to enjoy swimming and floating.
2:30 pm Depart for Ein Ghedi and visit of the reserve
6:00 pm Arrive to hotel and dinner
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
6:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast in hotel
9:00 am Depart for Judean Desert Jeep Excursion.
12:30 am Lunch on own. Rest of the day at leisure. Experience the Dead Sea by using the Hotel's private beach and Spa facilities
7:30 pm Dinner at Hotel
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
6:30 – 8:30 am Breakfast in Hotel
9:00 am Depart to Masada and visit the site
12:30 pm Lunch in a local restaurant
1:30 pm Depart to Neot Hakikar and Farm visit: Learn about advanced farming techniques in the Israeli desert Agriculture
5:30 pm Return to the Hotel, balance of the afternoon at leisure
7:30 pm Dinner at Hotel
Wednesday, November 5th , 2008
6:30- 8:30 am Breakfast in Hotel
8:30 am Depart to Arad and visit ‘Sea of Life’ Factory
Continue to Tel Arad archaeological site and visit.
12:30 pm Depart Bedouin town, Darajat. Walk around village with local Bedouins, see traditional bread being made, visit cave –farewell traditional lunch in the cave.
2:30 pm Depart for Tel Aviv
4:30 pm Check in Tel Aviv hotel.
6:00 pm Depart for Meeting with Jewish Orthodox community followed by light Dinner
Thursday, November 6th , 2008
Continental Breakfast
Depart for Airport and Flights to U.S.
Bon Voyage and Thank you for traveling with Overseas Adventure Travel!
Tel Aviv Museums Continued
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| The Museums of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa AZRIELI OBSERVATORY www.azrielicenter.co.il Azrieli Center (Round Tower, 49th Floor), 132 Menachem Begin Rd., Tel Aviv. Tel. 03-608-1179. Bus No: 11, 78, 608. Open: Sunday, Tuesday-Thursday: 10:00-20:00, Friday: 10:00-18:00, Saturday: 10:00-20:00. Closed on Monday. BEN-GURION MUSEUM http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=66 17 Ben Gurion Blvd., Tel Aviv. Tel 03-522-1010. Bus No: 4, 10. Open: Sunday, Monday: 08:00-17:00, Tuesday - Thursday 08:00-15:00, Saturday: 08:00-13:00. Closed on Fridays and on holidays. BIALIK HOUSE http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=65 22 Bialik St., Tel. 03-525-4530. Bus No: 4. Closed for renovations. BIBLE MUSEUM http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=191 16 Rothschild Blvd., Tel. 03-517-7760. Bus No: 12, 4. Open: Sunday – Tuesday, and.Thursday: 09:30-12.30, Wednesday: 09:30-12:30, and 16:00-19:00. Closed on Friday and Saturday. ERETZ ISRAEL MUSEUM |
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Western Wall Tunnel Tour Phone Number
Call the Western Wall Heritage Foundation
(02) 627-1333
Friday, September 5, 2008
The Southern Wall of Jerusalem that Dates to the Time of the Hasmonean Dynasty was Discovered on Mount Zion
Hasmonean Dynasty was Discovered on Mount Zion
The southern end of ancient Jerusalem, from when the city was at its largest,
was recently discovered in the form of an impressive city wall 2,100 years old
A large excavation which is being conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority
together with the Nature and Parks Authority,
and underwritten by the Ir David Foundation,
was presented in a press conference that was held today (Wednesday)
An exciting discovery in Jerusalem constituting extraordinary remains of the wall of the city from the time of the Second Temple (second century BCE-70 CE) that was built by the Hasmonean kings and was destroyed during the Great Revolt, and also the remains of a city wall from the Byzantine period (324-640 CE) which was built on top of it, were uncovered in an extensive excavation that is currently underway on Mount Zion. The lines of these fortifications delineated Jerusalem from the south in periods when the ancient city had reached its largest size.
The new finds were presented today (Wednesday) at a press conference that was held on Mount Zion. The excavation has been in progress for the past year and a half, under the direction of archaeologist Yehiel Zelinger of the Israel Antiquities Authority, in cooperation with the Nature and Parks Authority and with financial support provided by the Ir David Foundation.
The project is being implemented as part of the master plan for the Jerusalem City Wall National Park, the purpose of which is to preserve the region around the Old City of Jerusalem as an open area for tourism. In the future the remains of the ancient city walls will be incorporated in a promenade that will encircle the southern side of Mount Zion and will continue along the northern bank of Gai Ben Hinnom and terminate in the City of David.
The lines of the wall that delineate Mount Zion from the west and the south were first discovered and excavated at the end of the nineteenth century (1894-1897) by the Palestine Exploration Fund, under the direction of the archaeologist Frederick Jones Bliss and his architect assistant, Archibald Dickie. The work methods they employed involved the excavation of shafts that were linked by subterranean tunnels which ran along the outer face of the city walls.
Over the years their shafts and tunnels have filled up with soil and a year and a half ago when archaeologists were asked to determine the location of the areas that were excavated one hundred years ago they were unsuccessful in doing so. By cross-referencing the plans of the old excavation with updated maps of the area from today archaeologist Yehiel Zelinger was able to locate the tunnel which the British expedition had dug. There remained in it “souvenirs” that were left behind by the early excavators in the form of one of the laborer’s shoes, the top of a gas light which was used to illuminate the tunnels, as well as fragments of beer and wine bottles from 120 years ago.
According to Yehiel Zelinger, excavation director on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, “Having located the two city walls on Mount Zion corroborates our theory regarding the expansion of the city toward the south during these two periods, when Jerusalem reached its largest size. In the Second Temple period the city, with the temple at its center, was a focal point for Jewish pilgrimage from all over the ancient world and in the Byzantine period it attracted Christian pilgrims who came in the footsteps of the story of the life and death of their messiah. The exposure of the Hasmonean city wall and the line of fortifications from the Byzantine period, which is dated 400 years later and is right on top of the former, prove that this is the most advantageous topographic location for the defense of the city. The artifacts indicate that in spite of the fact that the builders of the Byzantine wall were unaware of the existence of the wall from the time of the Second Temple they constructed their wall precisely along the same route”. Zelinger adds, “The fact that after 2,100 years the remains of the first city wall were preserved to a height of three meters is amazing. This is one of the most beautiful and complete sections of construction in the Hasmonean building style to be found in Jerusalem”.
Additional Information and Details
The Byzantine Period City Wall
Christian pilgrims of the fifth and sixth centuries CE ascribe the line of the city wall’s construction to the Empress Eudocia, the estranged wife of Emperor Theodosius II. According to the historical sources of this period, the city wall was erected because of a biblical verse that appears in the Book of Psalms (51:20), “Do good in thy favor unto Zion; Build Thou the walls of Jerusalem”. In translating the Bible to Greek the word that meant “do good in thy favor” was translated with a word that greatly resembled the name of the empress. Eudocia therefore concluded that the reference was explicitly intended for her and that it was she who was destined to build the walls of Jerusalem. In the excavation a section of the city wall was uncovered that rises to a maximum height of 3.30 meters and is approximately 2.50 meters wide. The wall was built of stones that were specifically quarried and dressed for this purpose; however, one can also discern some of the stones in its construction were probably taken from nearby ancient fortifications.
The Fortifications of the Second Temple Period
South of the line of fortifications from the Byzantine period and at a depth of approximately 4 meters below the elevation of its base, a tower that is preserved to a height of 3.20 meters was exposed which dates to the time of the Hasmonean Dynasty (the Second Temple period). The tower was built on the bedrock which was straightened and made fairly level. It was constructed of large stones that are characterized by a dressed boss in their center, with no bonding material between them. The “header-stretcher” construction method used in building the tower is typical of the Hasmonean period. The tower was part of the line of the “First Wall” that is described by Josephus. Other sections of the “First Wall” were revealed at the base of the western wall of the Ottoman city wall, in David’s Citadel and in other excavations that were conducted in the Jewish Quarter. The soil fill and the pottery sherds that abut the city wall prove that it was used until the time of the Great Revolt and the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in the year 70 CE.
Afterwards, the stones of the wall were taken for secondary use, probably in order to build “Aelia Capitolina”, the Roman colony which the emperor Hadrian established on the ruins of Jerusalem in the year 131 CE.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Holyland Sailing Tiberias Phone Numbers
Contact Person Joanne
(057) 528-5246
(057) 775-2260
(057)-5217426