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Sign: Merhavia - Heritage Sites in Israel - The Archeological Mound


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Derech HaOren, Merhavia (Kibbutz), Israel
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On the sign:
סמל המועצה לשימור אתרי מורשת בישראל
סמל מועצה אזורית עמק יזרעאל
סמל משרד התרבות והספורט
סמל קיבוץ מרחביה

התל הארכיאולוגי
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MOUND

בתל הארכיאולוגי הזה יש שכבות של יישובים כנענים, ישראלים, ביזנטים וממלוכים, יישובים מתקופות היסטוריה שונות. בתקופה הצלבנית בנו כאן הטמפלרים הצרפתים מבצר בשם "לה פב", והחפיר שלפנינו היה חלק ממבצר זה. המבצר נעזב לאחר "קרב קרני חיטין" שבו הושמד הכוח הצלבני. ב-16.4.1799, התנהל סביב שרידי המבצר "קרב התבור", שבו נחל נפוליאון בונפרטה את הגדול בניצחונותיו בארץ ישראל. בתקופה הערבית שכן כאן כפר עלוב ומוכה קדחת בשם פולה.
ב- 11.11.1910 עלה על הקרקע "גואל אדמות העמק" יהושע חנקין עם שלושה מאנשי "השומר", ובזאת נפתחה ההתיישבות העברית בכל עמק יזרעאל. במלחמת העצמאות נהרג בחפיר זה חבר הקיבוץ דוד מייזלר, מהפצצת מטוס עיראקי.
בתחילת המאה ה-20 ניטע בתוך החפיר "גן נדב", לזכרו של בן הקיבוץ נדב מינצר, נווט בחיל האוויר שנרצח בחופשתו בהודו על ידי מלוויו המקומיים.

[מפה המתארת את התקדמות הכוחות ב"קרב התבור"]
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The sign is rectangular but its head is designed according to the silhouette of the old building of the Gymnasia Herzliya, which serves as a logo of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites in Israel

The mound was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

The "Battle of Mount Tabor" map on the sign appears here at magnification Click for a larger image

The Crusader fortress "La Feve" is commemorated on a separate plaque Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:
Symbol of the Council for the Preservation of Israeli Heritage Sites
Symbol of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council
The symbol of the Ministry of Culture and Sports
Kibbutz Merhavia symbol

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MOUND
In this archaeological mound there are layers of Canaanite, Israeli, Byzantine and Mamluk settlements, settlements from different periods of history. During the Crusader period, the French Templars built a fort here called "La Feve", and the moat in front of us was part of this fort. The fort was abandoned after the "Battle of Hattin" in which the Crusader force was destroyed. On April 16, 1799, the "Battle of Mount Tabor" was fought around the remains of the fortress, in which Napoleon Bonaparte won the greatest of his victories in the Land of Israel. In the Arab period there was a wretched and fever-stricken village called Pula.
On 11.11.1910, the "redeemer of the valley’s lands" Yehoshua Hankin stepped onto the land with three of the "Hashomer" men, thus opening the Hebrew settlement in the entire Jezreel valley. During the War of Independence, kibbutz member David Meisler was killed in this moat by a bomb from an Iraqi plane.
At the beginning of the 20th century, a "Gan Nadav" was planted inside the moat, in memory of kibbutz member Nadav Mintzer, an air force navigator who was murdered while on vacation in India by his local companions.

[Map depicting the progress of the forces in the "Battle of Mount Tabor"]



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