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The British conquered Palestine during WWI. The British legalized Jewish settlement during a time when Jewish settlers had already bought land in the area. The British drew the border for Palestine near the springs of Tell Dan. These springs are some of the strongest springs in the area issuing forth from a fractured basalt hill near the base of Mt. Hermon. Such springs as where the water flowed out with great force were called artesian springs. In the late summer the area might be fragrant with the scent of the fig trees. The local authorities described it as a paradise. The Israelis bottled water from the spring and sold it as Eden spring water. This photo was taken in Tell Dan Park. The remains of an Israeli fortress with local basalt walls has been unearthed. It was occupied from the 3rd millennium BC onward. A portion of a basalt stele with a 9th or 8th century BC inscription "House of David" (Kingdom of Judah) was found by an archaeological expedition digging at the site. http://web.infoave.net/~jwest/dan.pdf http://web.infoave.net/~jwest/dan.pdf
A restored Israeli altar/high place (bamah) near the top of Tel Dan looking north to Lebanon (9/2003) This high place may have been in use between the 10th/9th - 8th/7th centuries BC according to archaeologist William Dever, that is from times close to the reign of Solomon until the Assyrian conquest. |
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