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Martin_S. Says: The oldest part of the Tel-Arad complex is the Canaanite city. Here you can see the well which has been partially restored. The entire city covers an area of about 52 hectares. The Canaanite part of the city sits on the lower portion of the area, the fortress sits above on a...
Martin_S. Says: Take a walk through the ancient Israelite city of Arad, try and imagine what it was like to live here 10 centuries before the birth of Christ... On the western wall and under it you will find the water system, the channels and cisterns that would supply water from the little...
Iris Arad, look inside the bees home
Martin_S. Says: Here you can see how many bees were clustered within a single flower. I have worked in the past with bees and never saw anything similar. Each bloom had a "colony" of them inside, sometimes as few as 4-5, sometimes more than 20, one on top of another, totally quiescent.
Martin_S. Says: For some reason it seems that a group of bees had taken "refuge" within the closed flower. As I opened the petals of the flower they would hardly stir and even as one or two exited the flower and crawled over my hands and fingers they were not aggressive.
Martin_S. Says: Take a look at the picture and you can see why this is such a special flower, the color is purple, fading into a sort of purplish.... If anyone can tell me the name of this color it would be appreciated.
Martin_S. Says: Don't forget your camera, I have fallen into that trap because I live here, but I try to take a camera with me whenever I travel, even if it is only to go shopping in the next town, you never know WHEN you might NEED that camera.
Martin_S. Says: If you are interested in Archeology, you should take the chance to go on a "dig". On April 29, 2008, our friend Yehuda Gubrin directed a dig at the Tel-Arad site. We were lucky enough to be able to participate. As you can see in the following photos the work has begun. The...
Martin_S. Says: If you keep a good eye out among the rocks and stones that make up the old walls of the city, you may just chance to see one of the hundreds of lizards who make their home here. As you can see in the photo they are almost perfectly camoflaged for desert life. You can...
Take a closer look around you.
Martin_S. Says: When you walk around you should take notice of the micro and not just the macro. Many people see the sunset, the building, the sky, etc. But if you refocus your eyes and see what is close or small, you will sometimes find a new world. Take a look at this building block in a...
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Take a look at the picture and you can see why this is such a special flower, the color is purple, fading into a sort of purplish.... If anyone can tell me the...
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Tel Arad, close to home, flowers and antiquities
When the Arad Iris blooms it is time to get your friends together and get your rear end out to the fields to find the flowers. This time I got Liza, Natasha and Dima to come along "for the ride". We...
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