Golan   Sites Gallery

This page summarizes the sites that are reviewed in the area of the Golan.

 

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This page is a sites gallery of the Golan area  - located on the north-east side of Israel.

 

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Khirbet Kanaf

 

This site is located on the Golan heights, above the north-east side of the sea of Galilee. This site is the ruins of an Arab village which was built on top of a Roman synagogue. Walking through the ruins brings the sensations of living in the Biblical times.

 

 

 

  

Em-Hakshatot

 

Ruins of a Byzantine village located in the southern Golan heights. The site has a spring that flows out of a double-arches structure, and also ruins of a grand Roman period synagogue.

 

Byzantine synagogue in Em Hakshatot, southern Golan heights

 

 

  
 

 

 

Kefar Yehudiye  (Sogana)

 

Ruins of a Roman village located in the central Golan heights.  This site is identified as Sogana, one of the villages that were forified during the great revolt against the Romans.

 

Kefar Yehudiyah in the central Golan heights

 

Josephus Flavius, War 2:  20: 6: "...in Gaulonitis he fortified Seleucia, and Sogane, and Gamala"

 

 

  

Dolmens in the Golan

 

In the Golan there are hundreds of prehistoric megalith tombs erected in the fields.

 

A Dolmen near Givat Bazak - east of Gamla.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 

Roman Roads in the Golan

 

The Romans built roads thru the Golan heights, establishing efficient link from Israel to Syria

 

Roman road near Gamla

 		  

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Sites Navigation:  On all featured sites, you can use the navigation aid at the end of the page for proceeding to the next site. The navigation bar takes you through a tour of the sites. At the bottom of each site you can navigate forward or backward, or return back to a full list of all sites in all regions of Israel.

 

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This page was last updated on Sep 24,2007    

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