Sunday 25 June 2023

ISRAEL

This cover came from Israel and depicts 4 different stamps, including all the 3 stamps on the right corner, celebrating the World Heritage Site Biblical Tells at Meggido, Hazor and Beer Sheba. Tells (prehistoric settlement mounds) are characteristic of the flatter lands of the eastern Mediterranean, particularly Lebanon, Syria and eastern Turkey. Of more than 200 tels in Israel, Meggido, Hazor and Beer Sheba are representative of those that contain substantial remains of cities with biblical connections. Their traces of construction over the millennia reflect the existence of centralized authority, prosperous agricultural activity and the control of importante trade routes. The site is inscribed at Unesco world heritage since 2005.