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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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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New site: Mizpe Elot

   A new site was added in the Jordan Valley region: Mizpe Elot (esh Sheikh Muzeighit) – Ruins of a Bronze/Iron Age site and observation place west of Menahemia.

 

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