A thousand years before Moses, a mighty city rose near what is now the city of Safad in northern Israel. Its name was Hazor (pronounced Hahtsor) and the Old Testament called it "head of all those kingdoms" of Canaan, the Israelites' Promised Land. Since archaeologists located the site of Hazor in 1875, they have uncovered 45-ft.-high walls, huge granaries, temples, citadels and cemeteries. But a basic question remained unanswered. Where were the waterworks capable of supporting such a metropolis in the arid Holy Land? The puzzle has now been solved by Archaeologist Yigael Yadin, a former chief of staff of...
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