Saturday Day 1
Sunday Day 2
- Arrive in Israel in afternoon
- Bus to Jerusalem
- View Haas Promenade
- Check into Jerusalem Hotel where group will be based for 8 nights
- Evening: Orientation Lecture
Monday Day 3
- Old City: Jewish Quarter, Topographic Model, Nechemia's Wall
- Herodian Quarter
- City of David / Pool of Siloam
- Return to Hotel
- Evening Lecture: Time Line Overview
Tuesday Day 4
- Bus to Dead Sea Area
- Masada
- Qumran
- Evening Lecture: Jerusalem Life in Temple Times
Wednesday Day 5
- Museum of Taxes
- Davidson Center Archaeological Park
- Evening: Old City Tunnel Tour
Thursday Day 6
- Avdat
- Beit Guvrin / Ancient City of Maresha (Underground Caves)
- Tell es-Safi/Gath
- Ein Rafa - Ancient Irrigation System
- Aqua Bella (Ein Hemed)
- Return to Jerusalem
- Evening Lecture: Ancient Agriculture & Economy
Friday Day 7
- Morning - Israel Museum
- Afternoon - Optional Bethlehem or Free
- Evening - Shabbat in Jerusalem
Saturday Day 8
- Old City Christian Quarter
- Evening - Free
Sunday Day 9
- Byzantine Jerusalem
- Mount Zion
- Evening Lecture: Byzantine Transition
Monday Day 10
- Check out of Jerusalem Hotel and drive North
- Beit Shean
- Beit Alfa
- Belvoir Crusader Fortress
- Evening: Check into Tiberias Hotel where group will be based for 4 nights on Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinnaret)
Tuesday Day 11
- Tiberias
- Caperneum
- Horns of Hittin
- Tzippori
Wednesday Day 12
- Haifa: Dagon Grain Silo
- Acco
- Acre Maritime Museum
Thursday Day 13
- Megiddo and the Plains of Armageddon
- Caesarea
Friday Day 14
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Jerusalem - Overlooking the Kotel
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Camels on the Road to the Dead Sea
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Byzantine Ruins at Avdat
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Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinnaret)
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Aerial View of the Jezreel Valley and the Plains of Megiddo
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