Tel Hazor

Bnei Zammano shepherds at Tel Hazor. Credit: Ben Siegel, courtesy of Ohio University and the Lower City of Hazor Excavations.

Research at Tel Hazor: The borders of Israel and Syria did not stop shepherds in the Iron Age

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Researchers at the University of Haifa found that even in the tenth to eighth centuries BC, at the height of the conflicts between the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Aram, shepherds continued to move their flocks between open grazing areas, including
Canaanite finds from Megiddo Hill (courtesy of Megiddo Archaeological Expedition)

Researchers have analyzed the genetics of the Canaanites and its relationship to modern populations such as Jews, Palestinians and Bedouins

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The DNA analysis showed that the Canaanites were created from the mixing of populations that migrated to the southern Levant mainly from the Caucasus region (or western Iran) with ancient local populations that stayed there, a process that lasted at least 1,000 years
A set of stairs discovered in Tel Hazor. Photo: Keren Zaltz excavations in Hazor in memory of Yigal Yedin,

A magnificent set of stairs was discovered at Tel Hazor

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Sphinx fragment from Tel Hazor. Hebrew University photo

The search for a strong Egyptian leader leads to Tel Hazor

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