born in mesopotamia, goes to egypt, and comes back. the story is trying to connect him, i think, to the entire ark of the region. it s a story that s shared by about half the world. abraham s path will eventually wind through ten countries. our next stop is in the biblical land of kanaan, in what is now israel and the west bank. my guide on this part of abraham s path is abnar goran, an israeli archeologist. if somebody is thinking for getting back to roots, coming back to being in touch with god, the visit is always the place. it s almost kind of shocking to me that these immense stories that more than, you know, 2 billion, 3 billion people believe in, christian, jew, muslim, there s not a rock that connects them. you re an archeologist.
could it instead have been here in syria, or here in southern iraq? at a place some call the house of abraham? but the architect behind it was saddam hussein, so that timing is just a little off. was he born in mesopotamia, turkey? where was he born? yes. both? he s born in mespotamia, goes to egypt, and comes back. the story is trying to connect him, i think, to the entire ark of the region. it s a story that s shared by about half the world. abraham s path will eventually wind through ten countries. our next stop is in the biblical land of kanaan, in what is now israel and the west bank. my guide on this part of abraham s path is abnagoran, an israeli archeologist.
born in mesopotamia, goes to egypt, and comes back. the story is trying to connect him, i think, to the entire ark of the region. it s a story that s shared by about half the world. abraham s path will eventually wind through ten countries. our next stop is in the biblical land of kanaan, in what is now israel and the west bank. my guide on this part of abraham s path is abnar goran, an israeli archeologist. if somebody is thinking for getting back to roots, coming back to being in touch with god, the visit is always the place. it s almost kind of shocking to me that these immense stories that more than, you know, 2 billion, 3 billion people believe in, christian, jew, muslim, there s not a rock that connects them. you re an archeologist. doesn t that sort of trouble you? of course, i would love to have much more concrete remains