חידושים ביודפת העתיקה (תל יודפת). מורת דרך: עדי זרחי
Zahi Shaked A tour guide in Israel and his camera zahigo25@walla.com +972-54-6905522 tel סיור עם מורה הדרך ומדריך הטיולים צחי שקד 0546905522
My name is Zahi Shaked
In 2000 I became a registered liscenced tourist guide.
My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land.
Following upon many years of travel around the world, which was highlighted by a very exciting emotional and soul-searching meeting with the Dalai Lama, I realized that I had a mission. To pass on the the history of the Holy Land, its religions, and in particular, the birth and development of Christianity.
In order to fulfill this calling in the best way possible, I studied in depth, visited, and personally experienced each and every important site of the ancient Christians. I studied for and received my first bachelors degree in the ancient history of the Holy Land, and am presently completing my studies for my second degree.(Masters)
Parralel to my studies, and in order to earn a living, I was employed for many years in advertising. What I learned there was how to attract the publics attention, generate and, increase interest, and assimilate information. All this I use as tools to describe, explain and deepen the interest in the sites that we visit. From my experience, I have learned that in this way, the Holy Land becomes more than just history, and that the large stones that we see scattered about in dissaray, join together one by one until they become - a Byzantine Church. This also happens when I lead a group of Pilgrims in the Steps of Jesus. We climb to the peak of Mount Precipice, glide over the land to the Sea of Galilee, land on the water and see the miracle which enfolds before us. This is a many faceted experience. Not only history which you will remember and cherish, but an experience which I hope will be inplanted in your hearts and minds, and will accompany you all the days of your life.
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Acre - the walled city
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Acre is a town steeped in history. The earliest records of the city go back 4,500 years when it is mentioned as a town paying tribute to Egypt. It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in the book of Judges as being one of the cities in which the inhabitants were not expelled by Asher.
It changed hands several times, Pompey capturing the city for the Romans around 61BCE. Julius Caesar visited the city as did Paul of Tarsus. Although Caesarea to the south was the capital of the Roman province of Judea, Acre was an important city in the Roman Empire.
Acre was inherited by the Byzantine Empire once the Roman Empire was split in two in the fourth century. The city was taken by the Moslems in the eighth century. It was captured by the Crusaders in 1104. The Crusaders initially bipassed Acre on their march from Antioch to Jerusalem and Acre, alongside many other coastal cities was caputred in 'cleaning up' operations.
Saladin retook Acre in 1187 after the Battle of Hattin which saw the total collapse of the crusader state of Jerusalem. The Crusaders were left only with the town of Tyre but they decided to besiege Acre in a siege that lasted for two years and ended with a Crusader victory in 1191 during the Third Crusade with the aid of the English king Richard I and French king Phillip Augustus. Although the two were said to have had a homosexual relationship, by this time it was over and the two hated each other. During the siege of Acre, Phillip Augustus returned to France and Richard had to consider what was happening at home more than what was going on during the Crusade.
Richard caputred Acre and after failing to come to an agreement with Saladin on the price for the 3,000 defenders, he then murdered them by beheading.
As Richard failed to take Jerusalem, the crusader state now focussed on Acre. In 1292 it was captured by Baybars and the Mamelukes showed the same barbarism as that shown by the Crusaders and butchered any Christian they could lay their hands on.
In the sixteenth century the city was captured by the Ottomans. During World War One, it was taken by the British who incorporated it into the mandate for Palestine.
Acre was handed over to a Palestinian state by the United Nations in the division of the mandate - a decision not accepted by the Arab states who invaded Israel. Israel however managed to counter attack and captured Acre. As can be seen in this film, the population in the Old Town is today largely Arab and the beautiful eighteenth century green mosque dominates the city.
My channel on you tube : is one of the most prolific from Poland, although unfortunately not the most visited. With almost one film per day, one may be forgiven for thinking I do nothing else but I do have a day job as well. I have produced more than 400 original films, most in English but also in Polish, French, Italian, Spanish and the occassional hint of German and Hebrew. My big interest in life is travel and history but I have also placed films on other subjects
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There are a number of films here on the packaging industry. This is because I am the publisher of Central and Eastern European Packaging -- - the international platform for the packaging industry in this region focussing on the latest innovations, trends, design, branding, legislation and environmental issues with in-depth profiles of major industry achievers. Most people may think packaging pretty boring but it possibly effects your life more than you really imagine!
Central and Eastern European Packaging examines the packaging industry throughout this region, but in particular in the largest regional economies which are Russia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Austria. That is not to say that the other countries are forgotten, they are not, but obviously there is less going on. However the fact that there are so many travel related films here is not from holidays but from business trips attending trade fairs around the region and the sites and give a pretty good idea where future films are going to come from! Every packaging trade fair is a new excuse to make another film!