Napoleon Hill — Attraction in Tel-Aviv

An archeological mound of a fortified city from ~3.5-4 millennia ago with links to the Egyptian occupation of that period. Like most such places scattered throughout the Levant, the historical name is unknown and the remains are rather unimpressive consisting of some basic house foundations, a sloped defensive wall and a relatively well preserved water well. During the 1799 siege of Jaffa, a French army unit camped on the mound and hence it is commonly known as "Napoleon mound". It is somewhat uniquely located in the middle of an urban area (in between a few street in Ramat-Gan and Hayarkon Park of Tel-Aviv) so it's easily accessible and it's completely open to the public free of any charge. From late August and into September the slopes overlooking Rokach street are filled with impressive flowering towers of the domestic Drimia. The mound is also home to some native almond tree which blossom beautifully during February and March (some facing Rokach st' and others at the end of...

A great place to go to get out of the city that's located right in the city. Crosses over with Hayarkon Park so you can start here and keep going to the park. Especially lovely during spring time when the Almomd trees blossom. Theres lots of history to this small hill and you can read some of it on the...

I was on this dig, for 3 weeks, in 1981. It was the first year of a 10 year dig. We found many exciting artifacts (oil lamps, jars, small idols, etc). We consisted of Israelis, Australians, Mormons from Utah and Minnesotans (like me)....