The Laughlins

After driving through the Druze villages, we headed to Tel Dor. It was very hard to find, because all that we knew about it was that it was in the town of Dor and on the coast. We ended up driving here and there along little side roads that looked like they led to the coast, and eventually we ended up on a kibbutz road. We happened to pull off next to an area that looked like it might have ruins on the hill, took a walk, and found Tel Dor. It was raining pretty good by the time we got there though, so I didn't take many pictures, because I didn't want the camera to get wet.

"Tel Dor (Kh. el-Burj), is a large mound located on Israel's Mediterranean coast, about 30 km south of Haifa (see map). It is identified with D-jr of Egyptian sources, Biblical Dor, and with Dor/Dora of Greek and Roman sources. The documented history of the site begins in the Late Bronze Age (though the town itself was founded in the Middle Bronze Age, c. 2000 BCE), and ends in the Crusader period. The port dominated the fortunes of the town throughout its 3000-odd year history. Dor was successively ruled by

Canaanites Assyrians
'Sea peoples' Persians
Israelites Greeks
Phoenicians Romans

Its primary role in all these diverse cultures was that of a commercial entrepot and a gateway between East and West."
The site includes temples dedicated to Zeus and Astarte, as well as ruins of a Byzantine church.

There wasn't too much that we could see there because much of it was covered with plastic or filled with rain. We drove back to Haifa and went to the mall that evening. We ate at this restaurant...turkey testicles anyone? Interesting menu. I got my pitas and hummus :) We saw a movie, walked around a bit, and headed back to Port Inn for the night.