Shmuel Browns shares some photos from his recent hike of Nahal Darga, which he calls “Israel’s most extreme and challenging” hike.
BAS: “Named by The Sunday Times as one of the world’s top ten walks, the Lycian Way hiking trail weaves along 300 miles of Turkey’s southern coastline through hundreds of archaeological sites.”
Leen Ritmeyer has word of an expansion to the Davidson Center in the excavations south of the Temple Mount.
The audio files are now online for Bryant Wood’s recent lecture series on “Archaeology and the Conquest: New Evidence on an Old Problem.”
Wayne Stiles: “Passover and Easter bring to mind pictures of the Messiah—both for Jews and for Christians. The Mount of Olives echoes these hopes from its slopes.”
The Washington Post reports on a battle in Israel to save the ancient Canaan dog.
Israel’s Supreme Court rejected a left-wing petition against the City of David Archaeological Park.
The article notes that “the City of David site receives around 450,000 visitors a year, up from 2,000 in 2001.”
Craig Evans writes about the Archaeological Evidence for Jesus. The accompanying photos are disappointing.
The Elvis Presley® Holy Land Tour is now taking sign-ups. In addition to stops at the Sea of Galilee and Western Wall, the tour will stop at the “infamous Elvis Inn Restaurant in Abu Ghosh – an Elvis-
themed diner and souvenir shop popular with tourists from around the world.”
HT: Joseph Lauer
