Harran, Turkey (home of Abraham)
Today we are traveling to Haran!
I am glad I am not driving - it was a long day of travel!
After a long drive south and East from Cappadocia, we reached Harran. Harran is just 8 miles north of the Syrian border. Abraham’s father Terah immigrated from Ur to Harran. Abraham lived in Harran, married Sarah there, and then was called by God to move to the promised land.
Today the archeological site at Harran has material from 1950 BC all the through the Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Alexander the Great, the Romans, theTurks etc etc.
It is a very open almost stark area, as we kind of suspected. The sites are open and only partially exposed layers of history are visible.
We were also able to visit the famous bee hives homes from the 1870’s.
