Yardenna Alexandre Israel Antiquities Authority THE INVERTED SIPHON PIPELINES TO TEL BET YERAH-AL-SINNABRA Yardenna Alexandre Israel Antiquities Authority Water in Antiquity Conference, Israel 14-20 October 2012
Israel Antiquities Authority BET YERAH EXCAVATION R. JORDAN Israel Antiquities Authority
Israel Antiquities Authority The Earthwork Damage Israel Antiquities Authority
Israel Antiquities Authority Basalt Pipeline Israel Antiquities Authority
Israel Antiquities Authority Basalt Pipeline Israel Antiquities Authority
Israel Antiquities Authority Basalt Pipeline Israel Antiquities Authority
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Israel Antiquities Authority Clay pipeline Clay pipeline below basalt pipeline cut by 1960s water pipe Clay pipeline uncovered by mechanical digger Israel Antiquities Authority
Israel Antiquities Authority Clay pipeline Israel Antiquities Authority
Israel Antiquities Authority The Finds 660-680 CE Israel Antiquities Authority
Plan and section of basalt and clay pipes Israel Antiquities Authority
Basalt blocks in courtyards Secondary use as drinking fountain at Degania Basalt blocks presented as pipeline at the Yardenit Israel Antiquities Authority
Israel Antiquities Authority Where did the basalt pipeline come from? Where was it going? When was it built? What is the relationship between the clay pipe and the basalt pipe? A. Saarisalo Basalt pipe blocks next to the old road from Moshavat Kinneret to Kibbutz Kinneret, 1950 R. Amiran Israel Antiquities Authority
Berenice Water Channel T. Tsuk Y Stephanski Israel Antiquities Authority
Israel Antiquities Authority Tell Bet Yerah Ummayad bathhouse hypocaust and circular pool, 1950s excavations Tell Israel Antiquities Authority
Tell Bet Yerah clay pipes Clay pipeline in present excavation Clay pipeline adjacent to bathhouse Israel Antiquities Authority
Bet Yerah/al-Sinnabra inverted siphon pipeline: Reconstruction Drawing Berenice Aqueduct al-Sinnabra bathhouse Jordan river By Stephen Rosenberg Israel Antiquities Authority
Israel Antiquities Authority Hippos-Sussita Sea of Galilee Sussita Bet Yerah M. Eisenberg Israel Antiquities Authority
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Israel Antiquities Authority Credits and Consultations Meqorot water company (finance) R. Mishayev and M. Kahan, IAA (surveying) Y. Shmidov, IAA (drafting) A. Shapiro, IAA (GPS, petrography) H. Tahan-Rosen, IAA (artifacts drawing) L. Kupershmidt, IAA (metallurgical laboratory) C. Amit, IAA (coin photography) G. Bijovsky, IAA (numismatics) Y. Gorin-Rosen, IAA (glass) M. Hartal and W. Atrash, IAA (Tiberias Excavations) S. Paz, Institute of Archaeology Tel Aviv University (Tel Bet Yerah Archaeological Expedition) T. Tsuk, chief archaeologist National Parks Authority (Ancient water systems, some photographs) Z. Ahipaz, chief water engineer National Water Authority (modern water systems) M. Eisenberg, Haifa University (Hippos-Sussita Expedition) THANKS Israel Antiquities Authority