Tell es-Samak/Porphyreon (Shikmona National Park) Tell es-Samak, as it is known in Arabic, or Porphyreon, following the town’s identification, is an archaeological site located on

In April 2006 the Institute has started a salvage excavation in the site of Nesher quarry. The quarry is located by the city of Ramle,

Known as one of the Decapolis cities, Hippos is located on a high mountain not far from the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee.