Hazor,
a
UNESCO
World
Heritage
Site,
Situated
in
the
fertile
northern
Jorden
valley
and
strategically
located
at
the
crossroads
of
the
route
from
Damascus
to
the
Mediterranean
and
the
south
to
the
north
road
along
the
Great
Rift
Vally,
Hazor
had
been
a
prominent
settlement
throughout
the
history.
The
Bible
tells
that
at
the
time
of
Joshua,
the
conqueror
of
Israel,
Hazor
known
as
"the
head
of
all
those
kingdoms".
Hazor
was
one
of
the
fortified
cities
in
the
first
urbanization
wave
of
the
Early
Bronze
Age.
In
the
Middle
Bronze
Age,
it
was
fortified
Canaanite
city-state
protected
by
massive
earth
rampart
and
by
far
the
largest
city
in
the
land
of
Israel,
parallel
only
to
the
large
cities
of
Syria.
In
the
Iron
Age
II,
Hazor
was
one
of
the
major
cities
in
the
Kingdom
of
Israel.
For
a
period
in
the
9
th
century
BCE,
Hazor
changed
control
between
Israel
and
Arm-Damascus
and
was
eventually
destroyed
by
the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III in 732 BCE.
Today
you
can
see
the
Middle
Bronze
Age
cultic
center,
the
earth
rampart,
the
gate
between
the
lower
city
and
the
Acropolis.
At
the
site,
the
Iron
Age
II
"Solomon"
six-chambered
gate,
underground
water
system,
palaces,
a
typical
Israeli
four-room
house
and
the
citadel
on
the
higher
western
end.
You
can
have
a
beautiful
view
of
the
surrounding
Jorden
valley
(Hula
Valley),
the
Golan
Heights
and
the
upper Galilee.
