Comments on: Susita National Park in the Golan Heights: a special off-the-beaten-track site

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 16:53:38 +0000

In reply to John Blackwell. Interesting! So there were inhabitants even before the Romans! Thanks for adding this information!

By: John Blackwell

John Blackwell — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:45:14 +0000

I could write a book, I was a volunteer at Neot Golan for about five years from 1982 our sheep lived in the valleys above sussita and below the moshav,there was extensive prehistoric stone tool remnants, I have some lovely bits at home here in Chepstow, I learnt early on that that a road went up through The Valley onto the plateau of the Golan that was probably Roman, maybe onto Damascus. There is another hill above Sussita that was excavated earlier and showed signs of habitation, was it connected in time? Must leave it at that for now, those days are forever in my soul. xxx

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:03:52 +0000

In reply to Michelle Sherrard. Audits (or Odits) must be a Hebrew name for the place you're talking about, and I don't know where it is. Are you talking about Mt Hermon? I didn't get there on my tour of northern Israel. There's never enough time to see everything! But you're right: Israel can be life-changing!

By: Michelle Sherrard

Michelle Sherrard — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:11:43 +0000

I had the wonderful Privilege of visiting the Holy Land in October. At the risk of sounding cliché, seriously was a life changing experience for me. Audits was one of the many, many places I was able visit. The view from the top was just spectacular, words CANT Do it justice!!!

By: Nancie

Nancie — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 11:15:13 +0000

What an interesting find and what a surprise at the top. I would love to sign up to work on a summer dig. Thanks for co-hosting this week. #TPThursday

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 10:54:30 +0000

In reply to budgettraveltalk. Thanks! Yes, it's great having a place to yourself, and it feels like you're in on a great secret if it hasn't been set up yet for tourists.

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 10:53:34 +0000

In reply to Ruth. I find the idea of working on one of their excavations very tempting. Apparently you don't have to be an archeologist: they accept interested amateurs. The problem is that their excavation season is in the summer, and it's so exceedingly hot there! I fear working outside would get old very quickly!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 05:11:30 +0000

It would be nice to talk to the people who are excavating the ruins. I guess they have an idea of how big is the place and what they hope to find (but that may be hard to tell). Really like when locals share ther gems with visitors or people from outside the country. #TPThursday

By: budgettraveltalk

budgettraveltalk — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 19:42:19 +0000

I feel your excitement at finding this ruined town. We’ve done the same thing in Turkey albeit on a smaller scale. It is incredible walking around a site with no-one else in sight and no tourist signs and antiquity just lying around everywhere. Loved the video.

By: Rachel Heller

Rachel Heller — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 12:29:10 +0000

In reply to Lyn aka TheTravellingLindfields. The minefields were actually quite beautiful when I was there: a carpet of wildflowers.