Kafr Sabt
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Kafr Sabt was a Palestinian Arab village of nearly 500 situated on a sloping plain in the eastern Lower Galilee located 10.5 kilometers southwest of Tiberias. It was depopulated in 1948.
Kafr Sabt, from the air, 1937
Sepphoris
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Sepphoris, known in Hebrew as Tzipori and in Arabic as Saffuriya, is one of the most excavated and studied archaeological sites in Israel. Over time, the site was home to many civilizations. It was a
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…on a high plateau bordering the Horns of Hattin, served as a strategic position for Saladin's army since there he could threaten Tiberias to the rear, Sepphoris in the front, the Crusader lines of communications between the two strongholds, and his army could easily retreat down the slopes if necessary. He…
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Aerial view of Sepphoris, 2013
Remains of Crusader/Ottoman tower in Sepphoris, 1875. Note doorway rebuilt under Daher al-Umar.
The same Crusader/Ottoman tower after rebuilding. The upper part was used as a school from the early 1900s until 1948.