Former glass factory at Nahsholim

Dor (Hebrew: דוֹר, meaning "dwelling"), known as Dora to the Greeks and Romans, was an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, (Joshua 12:23) whose ruler was an ally of Jabin king of Hazor against Joshua, (Joshua 11:1,2). In the 1100's the town appears to have been taken by the Tjekker, and was ruled by them at least as late as the early 1000's BCE. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 219 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dor ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 219 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dor ... The Modern Hebrew language is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. ... This article is about the land called Canaan. ... Joshua, Josue or Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Tiberian: , Israeli: Yhoshua) is a person mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, especially in the Book of Joshua. ... The Tjekker were one of the Sea Peoples who raided Egypt and the Levant during the 13th and 12th centuries BCE. They raided Egypt repeatedly before settling in northern Canaan. ...

It appears to have been within the territory of the tribe of Asher, though allotted to Manasseh, (Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27). It was one of Solomon's commissariat districts (Judges 1:27; 1 Kings 4:11). It has been placed in the ninth mile from Caesarea, on the way to Ptolemais. Just at the point indicated is the small village of Tantura, probably an Arab corruption of Dora. In the Book of Genesis, Asher (אָשֵׁר, Standard Hebrew AÅ¡er, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĀšēr) is a son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the founder of the Tribe of Asher. ... This entry incorporates text from the public domain Eastons Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. ... Artists depiction of Solomons court (Ingobertus, c. ... Book of Judges (Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim ספר שופטים) is a book of the Bible originally written in Hebrew. ... Caesarea Palaestina Caesarea Palaestina, also called Caesarea Maritima, a town built by Herod the Great about 25 –13 BC, lies on the sea-coast of Israel about halfway between Tel Aviv and Haifa, on the site of a place previously called Pyrgos Stratonos (Strato or Stratons Tower, in Latin... Akko (Hebrew עכו; Arabic عكّا ʿAkkā; also, Acre, Accho, Acco, and St. ...

The city was known as Dor even before the Greeks arrived or had contact with the peoples in Israel. When the Greeks came to the city and learned its name to be Dor, they ascribed it the identity Dora, the Hellenization of the name. The "a" is merely the noun ending to the word. The God/cult of Dor, where the term Doric, as in the column, comes from, was ascribed to the city. Hence, in Hebrew, Dor, in Greek/Latin, Dora.

Current excavation is being conducted by the University of California at Berkeley, Hebrew University and Haifa University. The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים) is one of Israels biggest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ... The University of Haifa (אוניברסיטת חיפה) is a university in Haifa, Israel. ...

Today, Dor sits on the resort beach site of Nahsholim, a former kibbutz, now privatized into a family beach resort. A Museum, —an old glass making factory from the 19th century (built by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild), serves as an educational aspect of the resort, as well as the lab for archaeologists on site. Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: קיבוץ; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים, gathering or together) is an Israeli collective intentional community. ... Baron Edmond James de Rothschild (born August 19, 1845 - died November 2, 1934) was a philanthropist and activist for Jewish affairs and a member of the prominent Rothschild family. ...

Dor has been under the control of Assyrians, Greeks, Phoenicians, and Romans at one time. It has been suggested that Assyrian people be merged into this article or section. ... Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal plain of what is now Lebanon and Syria. ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ...

"Dor" means generation in Hebrew

External links

• Tel Dor Project, Hebrew University of Jerusalem links to institutions involved in current excavation
• Information on Archaeology of Dor