Tamar Hayardeni

Tamar Hayardeni A licensed tour guide and research fellow at the Ben-Zvi Institute, Hayardeni has also authored several children’s books
Akra or not, the fortress exposed in the City of David excavations is clearly a Hellenist structure with impressive defenses, including thick walls, towers, and a glacis, or slope

Cast a Giant Shadow

The giant Akra fortress and its garrison of Hellenist soldiers sowed fear among Jerusalem’s Jewish residents well after Hasmonean victories...

Rock drawings and inscriptions found in Wadi Rum – the longest and deepest stream bed in Jordan – testify to an early Nabatean presence. Prehistoric remains from the area show that humans have been active here for at least twelve millennia

Nabateans in the Bible

The book of Jeremiah describes a mysterious tribe with many seemingly Nabatean customs. Could the Rechabites have been Nabateans?

The classic façades carved out of Petra’s red rock make it one of the most impressive man-made sites in the world

Lords of the Desert

After dominating the desert landscape of the Middle East and controlling the immensely profitable Incense Route for almost thirteen hundred...

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