Assaf Avraham, Author at סגולה

Ruins Revisited | Mizpah (Tell en-Nasbeh)

Meeting place from which the biblical Israelites set out for battle Where? On the outskirts of Ramallah, near the Atarot industrial zone and the Arab village of Qalandiya When? Iron Age II, Israelite settlement period,...

Columns

Issue 48 | July 2019

Egypt’s Exodus – Egyptian Rule in Canaan

Assaf Avraham

Though there’s no evidence outside the Bible for the Jewish people’s sojourn in Egypt, historical and archaeological finds from the end of the late Bronze Age in the land of Israel indicate that Egyptian domination...

Antiquity

Articles

Egypt

Issue 76 | March 2026

Land of Israel

Pesach

Ruins Revisited | Samaria (Sebastia)

Assaf Avraham

Royal capital of the northern kingdom of Israel until its destruction Where? Northwest of Shekhem (Nablus)When? First Temple, Roman period Assaf Avraham Photo: Zev Radovan And Ahab son of Omri ruled Israel in Samaria twenty-two...

Antiquity

Columns

Historic Walks in Israel

Issue 45 | November 2018

Land of Israel

Archaeologists’ efforts have unearthed entire towns dating back centuries and millennia. Will they now be permanently destroyed? Roman pillars in Sebastia

Ruins Revisited | Archelais

Assaf Avraham

Irreversible damage is being inflicted on Judea and Samaria’s archaeological sites, as authorities on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides look the other way. In Archelais, for instance, a priceless source of knowledge is about...

Columns

Issue 43 | June 2018

Paving the Past – Second Temple Floor

Assaf Avraham

If Jewish sources are anything to go by, Herod’s Temple in Jerusalem was one of the most magnificent edifices ever built. After years of painstaking archaeological research, sifting through rubble illegally removed from the Temple...

Issue 39 | September 2017

Jerusalem

Jerusalem Day

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