One of my favorite spots in Israel is the national park at Gamla. Most of my “establishing” photos came out blurry, so I’ll use this one via Absolute Astronomy.
Gamla dates to 81 BCE and was the capital of the Jewish Golan Heights for about 150 years, until it fell to the Romans in 67 CE, three years before they destroyed Jerusalem. To some sensibilities, Gamla was liberated almost exactly 1,900 years later, in the 1967 war—which was started, as usual for modern Israel, by the Arabs. Archeologists soon discovered that much remained at Gamla, untouched by all but time.
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