To finish up a little Saturday, I took time to go through the entire Museum on the Kibuttz. It was very interesting, mainly on the establishment of Israel and the Kibuttz. Sunday I choose to go touring with Carlos my friend from Costa Rica, who presently lives in the Phillipines. I had thought about going to Jerusalem but the travel time would have been too much. Well I got to see three sites I had never seen before. We left about 8:30 am and went to Chorizim of the Bible. It was a great site. One which is not on most tourist agendas. It had a fine synogogue and other buildings (ruins). The Bible does not mention Jesus preaching in the synogogue but of his miracles there. Then we went to Tel Hazor, mentioned in the Old Testament, Joshua destoryed the Hitites there, King Ahab had a Palace and High Place there. Then we went to Tel Dan, which is the northern most place in Israel in the Old Testament. We ended up in Banis or Caecarea Philipi, where I had been before and on the first weekend. We had a great time.
Now for Monday and "Eureka", I found a Roman? sword, it was in a deteriorated condition, but most of it appears to be present. Look for picture (second picture is of the handle in situ). The handle was riveted to the blade with bronze pins. The big find of the week so far (my 15 minutes of fame). A jug was found in our locus also, it was just missing the small neck and handle. Look for picture. Our locus has been subdivided with one locus on each side of the wall. I also found a paved walkway, very small at the moment but we expect to see more of it. We did not open the area below the five long stones because we need to get the rest of our locus on the same level. So here's to tomorrow.
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