Visit to Tell Rumeideh and Hebron,

Today, I had the opportunity to visit Hebron and Tell Rumeida. Not only did I get a chance to see, once again, the antiquities on Tell Rumeida (including the new excavations) and the Al Haram el-Khalil/Tomb of the Patriarchs site, I had a very interesting tour with Thomas, a former member of the TIPH observer group, who showed us around central Hebron through his perspective – which is not one that you get to hear very often.

As you may know, Hebron is one of the most highly debated, and some say craziest, places on this planet, and to hear a slightly different perspective from those that I’ve heard until now (including both Israeli and Palestinian views of all kinds) on someone’s daily experiences in Hebron was very interesting.

Here are some pictures next to the EB and MB fortifications on Tell Rumeideh, which I took today:

And just for fun, here is a photo of Jeff Chadwick, aka Achish Melekh Gath, posing at the same place, way before the most recent excavations, when he was MUCH younger… :-)

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