The Tel Gezer archeological site is in all probability the most important place I’ve ever visited.  Even though it’s a mess archeologically because it was dug up in a disorganized years ago, there’s no funding to unravel the mess, and UNESCO and Israel parted ways a few years ago – it’s hands down the most interesting site I’ve seen.  I first heard of Gezer where I saw a plinth in the Cairo Museum at least 3000 years ago that Gezer had been conquered and the entire Israeli seed destroyed.  And it is an enormous, well-fortified site.   You have to see it!!! But you have to know exactly what to look for, and it is not for the faint-hipped.   Lots of climbing and ruins that don’t mean much if you don’t have an archeologist along to explain them.  We’ve seen other sites like this – Megiddo, for example – but nothing matches Tel Gezer in size and complexity.   Start looking for it on Wikipedia here

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