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Comment: This is a full shot of the camel and his oranges.
This is a shot from down near the plains. It is near Herod's winter palace. I guess this was the Florida of ancient Israel. While Jerusalem got cold in the winter, with the occasional snow fall, the Jordan valley stayed warm all year round.

These are some of the remains of Herod's winter palace.

This is another shot of the excavations of Herod's palace. Notice the interesting diamond shaped bricks.

We met this camel at the Jericho Tel.

The camel was having a breakfast of oranges. He ate the oranges whole, peal and all and after a couple of chomps would reach for another one. Note the Hebrew on the orange box. The word in the lower right corner should be decipherable to any first year Hebrew student.
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This is an archaeological trench in the Jericho Tel, otherwise known as Tel es-Sultan. We couldn't identify very much when we were there because the Palestinian Authority had recently taken over responsibility of the area and had taken down most of the interpretive signs. Any reference to ancient Israelites and Jericho doesn't go over very well in the West Bank. Needless to say, modern politics plays a role in the archaeological interpretation of the area.

Here's a close up of another bit of Jericho excavation.

This is the famous Neolithic tower. Jericho has been called the oldest city in the world.

This shot gives you a sense of the depth of the Tel. Only a small portion of the Tel has been excavated but you can see how far down they have to go. If you look closely at the large photo you can see brick and stone work at the far end.
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This slide show is dedicated to my mother who made possible our summer 2000 visit to Israel.