by Samuel Koltov | Aug 11, 2023 | Archaeology, Articles, History, Uncategorized
I wrote a post back in September last year (2022) about a visit to the Nabataean settlement Avdat. This wasn’t my last visit to the place, since then I’ve been there three times more, the last time a little more than a week ago. Avdat woke something in me. I wouldn’t...
by Samuel Koltov | Oct 21, 2022 | Archaeology, Articles, Christianity, History, Islam, Religion
Some Thoughts about Coexistence in Early Islamic Palestine I will be talking more about the city of Subeita, or Shivta as it’s known in modern Hebrew, in another post But I’ll add a short introduction, just for some context and clarification. Subeita, which is known...
by Samuel Koltov | Oct 14, 2022 | Archaeology, History, Introductions
The Nabataeans The Nabataeans were a pre-Islamic Arab people living in the south-western Levant and North Arabian Peninsula. They are mostly known for Petra, the desert capital found in Jordan, but had settlements along the Incense Route from Petra to Gaza, of which...
by Samuel Koltov | Sep 27, 2022 | Archaeology, Articles, History
Recently my family and I went on a trip to the south, to the Negev. Or, to Sde Boker, to be more precise, where we spent some days of relaxation at the beautiful Hotel Kedma. We needed it, to get away and get some distance from the everyday stress. Sde Boker is a...
