The tel

Somehow I neglected to mention that on Saturday, we visited a tel. But not just a tel, our tel. We have our own crusader fortress on location (as well as ancient pagan temples and other amazing things). A tel is a mound where a civilization that used the remnants of an old city as a foundation for their own. For example, Stamford would be a tel if if was built on the location of an earlier city. That sort of thing. Our tel's latest civilization was the crusader's and we have a very nice fortress/castle there. It has four cisterns, very strong defenses, secret rooms, and of course cohorts and ramparts (every castle needs them). I decided that it was finally time to take pictures so I did. You can view them at my photobucket (the link is to the right on this page).