Afeq Tower, Israel

This picture is part of my Good Shepherd images collection that the principal context is sheep, shepherd and and another scenes the remember us the Good Shepherd Parabola of Yeshua and the young David before to come a the KING.

The Holy Land, Israel was a corridor of sorts and prosperous ancient civilizations in the area of Mesopotamia and Egypt. With the fast development of writing, culture and commerce, amounts of people and goods began to move in both directions. Merchants that set out from the Egyptian kingdom, for example, went in the direction of El Arish and Gaza and from there north to Yavneh, Afek, Tul Karm and Jatt. All the way up to the area of what is today Kibbutz Barkai, and from there east over the Jordan River, ending up in the lands of Perath and Ahidekel.

That route was traversed for thousands of years by long convoys of people, bringing wealth through goods and knowledge to the large cities that lined the route.

But there were some drawbacks to being the most important spot along that route. Some of the cities along the route were often attacked by local marauders or imperial armies that swept through the area every once in a while, destroying everything in their path.

Read more about ancient site in Israel here:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3142149,00.html