<< Other Photo Pages >> Tel Motza - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel
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Multi-periodSite Name: Tel Motza Alternative Name: MotsaCountry: Israel
NOTE: This site is 6.505 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Jeruselem Nearest Village: Motsa
Latitude: 31.790000N Longitude: 35.170000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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The site has been excavated by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), and Tel Aviv University's Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations. Did you know the dreidel game is as ancient as this excavation? The jews do spin a dreidel even now as a part of their tradition.
Note: Israeli dig uncovers 2,750-year-old temple revealing human and animal figurines. Transition from hunting to agricultural society parallels development of woodworking tools,
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