Shephela (Judean Lowhills) & Southern Coastal Plain - Tour 14.

Shephela (Judean Lowhills) & Southern Coastal Plain - Tour 14.

The southern coastal plain (south of Ashkelon including Gaza) offered fresh water from wells to coast-hugging ships of the ancient world, thus becoming an important entry point into Judea. From this entry point invading armies would make their way to Hebron & Jerusalem via the Judean lowlands (The Shephela). The seamline between the coastal plain and the Judean low hills threfor became a defensive line as evidenced by archaeological fortifications such as Tel Lahish.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Bet Guvrin-Maresha National Park, Bet Shemesh-Kiryat Gat road opposite Kibbutz Bet Guvrin, Kiryat Gat Israel

A massive archaeological site which has evidence of occupation from biblical times to the present. It is also home to a Roman Amphitheatre which was built in the 2nd century C.E, & Bell Caves from the early Arab period which resemble the architecture of Antonio Gaudi.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Lachish, Israel

Tel Lahish : An important Jewish biblical city that was destroyed by the Assyrians in 701 B.C.E, rebuilt & again destroyed by the Babyloneans in 598 B.C.E

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, Yad Mordechai, 7914500, Israel

Named after Mordechai Anielewicz, the leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising that was directed againts the Nazis during World War 2.
The kibbutz played a prominant role in the 1948 War of Independence.


Duration: 1 hour