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Rediscovering the Ancient Golan—The Golan Archaeological Museum

By Shlomit Nemlich, Ann E. Killebrew

There are no gold mines or oil wells on the Golan. But, archaeologically speaking, the Golan settlers are mining gold and striking oil. This remote, sparsely inhabited and sometimes desolate area might seem the last place in the world for a modern archaeological museum. But not to the 600 families who live in Qatzrin. What could be more logical than a museum to display the Golan’s archaeological treasures, to foster pride in the area, to attract tourists and, not least, to encourage scholarly research into the Golan’s fascinating and varied past. So there it is, in all its glory, […]

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Footnotes

1.

See “The Fall of Gamla,” BAR 05:01.

2.

See “Gamla: The Masada of the North,” BAR 05:01.

3.

The Golan Research Institute and the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture both provided assistance in the research for this article, for which the authors would like to express their gratitude.