Israel

This page was first started as I prepared for my first trip to Israel back in September 2012. My second and third trips to Israel were to participate in an archaeological dig at Lachish.

My fourth trip to Israel was a tour along with some of my closest friends. These posts are here at the top of the page.

My fifth trip to Israel was again for an archaeological dig, but at a new location.

Links to the dig seasons at Lachish and Khirbet al-Ra’i are at the bottom of the page.

Daily Posts from my trip to Israel in June 2017:

• Layover in Newark
• SFO to TLV
• Med to Dead
• From the Dead Sea to the Sea of Galilee
• Along the Galilee Shore
• North of Galilee III
• Up to Jerusalem II
• Under and Around Jerusalem
• Thursday Morning in Jerusalem
• Heading Back Home from Israel
• TLV to SFO – Second Breakfast
• Thursday Afternoon in Jerusalem
• Friday in Israel

Related Posts written since returning home:

• Post Trip Reads
• National Selfie Day

Posts about traveling to Israel in September 2012:

• Once in a Blue Moon
• The Packing Formula
• Cars, Trains and Planes
• Re-routed
• In Israel

Daily Posts from the Trip:

• Night at Netanya
• Sea to Sea
• North of Galilee
• Galilee Sea
• Up to Jerusalem
• Over, Under and Around Jerusalem
• Well Below Sea Level
• Temple Mount
• Unfolding History
• The Shephelah
• A Walk in Tel Aviv

Posts about traveling home from Israel:

• Heading Home
• Heading Home Again
• Finally Home

Posts written since returning home from Israel:

• Hazor Lizard
• Rabin Square Sculpture
• Signs in Israel
• Camel Knees
• Tel-Abel
• Olive Wood Elephant
• Daily Bible Reading
• Harod Dragonfly
• Doves or Pigeons?
• Dead Sea Map
• 10K Milestone
• Smiling Again
• Flowing with Honey
• Great Customer Service
• O Little Town
• Boxing Day
• The Empty Tomb
• et-Tell
• Lest I Forget Gethsemane
• The Day of Pentecost
• Khirbet Qeiyafa
• Excavation Time
• Wandering Thoughts
• Camel Head
• Archaeology Quote
• Wise or Foolish
• In the BAR
• Feast of the Assumption
• Signs in Joppa
• Looking into Syria
• Ship of the Desert
• In the BAR II
• A Sycamore in Jericho

Visit the following blogs written by other members of the tour group:

• Ferrell’s Travel Blog
• Trent and Rebekah
• Exploring Bible Lands

The Joshua Class

• Walls of Jericho
• Hills of Jericho
• Crossing Jordan
• Achor and Ai
• The Gibeonite Deception
• Conquest and Division
• A Place of Refuge
• Joshua’s Farewell
• Judges 3 Judges
• The Wayward Levite
• Kinsman Redeemer

The Dig at Lachish – Season 1

• Lachish at the Museum
• Lachish in the Bible
• Dig Packing
• Dig Reading
• Old City Jerusalem
• The Jerusalem Ramparts
• At the Dig
• Early Morning at the Dig
• A Geezer went to Gezer
• Hezekiah’s Tunnel
• Lachish at the Museum II
• Sunset at the Dig
• Food Breaks at the Dig
• Sunshades and Sandbags
• Last Day at the Dig
• A Close Look at an Ibex
• Arad to Ashkelon
• Sea to Sea II
• North of Galilee II
• The Way Home
• Scorpion at the Dig
• Dan to Beersheba

Between Dig Seasons at Lachish

• Owls in a Well
• Flowers at the Dig
• Photography at the Dig
• Cats in Israel
• Camels near the Dead Sea
• Lachish Inscription
• The Sea of Galilee
• Looking Forward to Lachish
• The Greek Fortress
• Return to Lachish
• Archaeology and the Bible
• Two Well Know Wells

The Dig at Lachish – Season 2

• To Germany and Israel
• Packing Again
• Frankfurt to Jerusalem
• Around Jerusalem
• Back to the Dig
• Starting a Square
• Full Moon over Lachish
• Wednesday at the Dig
• Manual Shock-Wave Tomography
• A Friday in Jerusalem
• The Jerusalem Ramparts II
• Back to Work at the Dig
• Pottery Washing
• Pottery Reading
• Survey Squares
• Last Day in the Square
• Sixteen Hours in a Middle Seat

After Season 2 at Lachish

• Philistine Cemetery at Ashkelon
• Vacation at the Dig Review – Week 1
• Vacation at the Dig Review – Week 2

The Dig at Khirbet al-Ra’i

• Beginning Summer on Vacation
• Images from Jerusalem
• Limited Connectivity
• Working Hard
• Sunrise at the Dig
• Eating Good
• A Week of Digging
• A Visit to the Rockefeller
• Early Morning Bus
• Photographing Finds
• Dig Social Time
• At the Kibbutz
• Cats at the Kibbutz
• Waiting for my Bag
• Two Weeks of Digging

After the dig at Khirbet al-Ra’i

• Iron Age Dirt
• Ziklag
• Beautiful Sunrise
• Ice Cream after Digging
• New Sculptures at Lachish
• The Canaanite Tunnel
• Quiet in the Old City
• Views from our Jerusalem Hotel