Where is biblical gilgal

Responsibility for preservation of site, considered one of oldest in world, is being shifted from one to another. There are also claims of private ownership of this prehistoric land. Gili Soffer Published: Debbie Hershman, curator of prehistoric cultures at the Israel Museum, was amazed to discover that there is little to no trace of the ancient Gilgal site.

The shared tour along the Jordan River was held recently to learn more about the condition of the river and the tourism potential of the surrounding areas. As mentioned above, one of the sites visited was Gilgal, a Neolithic site.

Hershman was supposed to speak to the group about its significance. To clarify matters, there is no connection between the site and biblical Gilgal, and it is named after the nearby kibbutz bearing the same name.

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The 12 stones in Gilgal are mentioned in the Talmud Sot. Eusebius locates it east of Jericho Onom. The Madaba Map shows a church, in which the stones have been embodied, east of the tell of Jericho. Gilgal is the place where Joshua and the Israelites landed after they crossed the Jordan River into the promised land, the land that would become known as Israel.

Gilgal is located on the east side of Jericho Joshua Joshua set up 12 stones there to commemorate the crossing of the Jordan.