Zippori Dig

Since my last post I have photographed more in Bet Shearim, and also visited Ein Gedi and the Dead Sea (during a group trip).

The first 3 photos are of the synagogue at Ein Gedi:

 

Ibex

The next group of photos are a chalcolithic age temple:

The views on the hike were amazing:

And, of course, the springs!

I spent Pesach with friends and family of my boss, Tsvika, and a former professor from grad school. The seder was chaotic but authentic, so it was great!

The Zippori dig was a really fantastic experience. A couple more days will be added later, but the findings were exciting. I enjoyed the week staying in Nazareth, digging, exploring and spending time at meals with Tsvika and Dr. Parker.

The aqueduct part of the dig

The Arches Reservoir

Fountain of Mary in Nazareth

The Leaping Mtn, Jumping mtn, or Mt. Precipice

 

With Tsvika & Dr. Parker at dinner one night

Arches Reservoir

Cisterns at Zippori

The "Mona Lisa" of Israel at Zippori

 Explorations with Tsvika

Qafzeh cave

Pottery washing

Nazareth at night

 

Zippori view

Pulling a boulder out of the reservoir

Now I am back in Haifa, and next week I will be back at Bet Shearim to photograph. Our trip this week is to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.

Today I went on a totally unplanned adventure exploring some of Haifa. I decided to go on a run, which ended up being all the way down the mountain to the beach. Then, on the way back up, my gps took me to where I ended up discovering a spring. I got in - it's really cold water, and the locals told me to go under seven times so it stopped feeling as cold - and found out it's on the Haifa Trail. So I'm making an event of it for next weekend with people from my program who want to go, and hopefully we can see some other things on the trail as well. All in all, I was running and walking for 8.5 miles on this - I still can't believe it!

 

Carmel Beach

 

The spring - you climb in where the window is and it's really cold water!