A new site added in the region of the coast of Mt. Carmel: An Early Muslim and Crusader fortress was built on a sandstone ridge along the ancient trade route on the Carmel coast.
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New Site: Rosh maya
A new site was added in the Carmel region – Rosh Maya: A multi-period site with a Crusader fortress on Mt. Carmel.
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New Site: Tel Kedesh
New site added: Tel Kedesh
Multi-period site on the foothills of Poriya ridge, overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Hometown of Barak son of Abinoam?
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New site: Horvat Shamot
New site added: Horvat Shamot (Tell el-Firr) – Ruins of a Persian/Hellenistic period settlement, where an important Hellenistic stele were found.
An excavation is scheduled for the week of Succoth 2025. Volunteers are welcomed to help digging the site.
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Knights’ Halls tour
The Akko/Acre Citadel and Knights’ Halls website was updated, and a video tour was published.
View the 10+ minutes Video Tour or the Web page
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Excavation article
An initial excavation report was published, presenting the findings from the Tel Nissa dig. The BibleWalks archaeological survey of the Jordan Valley played a significant role in contributing to this publication.
Read it here:
“Pre-Excavation Identification and Dating of Iron Age Destruction Events” – Yoav Vaknin, Roi Granot, Nitsan Shalom, Eldar Buzaglo-Yoresh, Ayelet Keidar-Goldberg, Stefan Münger; Aug 2025, Wiley online library.
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Tiberias: new sites
New sites were added in the area of Tiberias Roman/Byzantine city:
New site: Kh. Anin
A new site was added in the Jordan Valley region – Horvat Anin: Ruins of a Bronze/Iron Age mound and Roman/Byzantine settlement north west of Menahemiya.
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19th Year Anniversary
- Total published sites: 550 (many more to come…)
- Total photos: >19,500 (in 2 resolutions)
- Total Info pages: 50
- Total Maps: 23
- 300+ Aerial views
- 21 Field survey videos (new category added this year)
- 21 Video tours (new category added this year)
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