Michael Lazar
Marine geoscientist. Co-founder of the Charney School of Marine Sciences and the Strauss Department of Marine Geosciences at the University of Haifa, Israel. My research is focused on the eastern Mediterranean tectonic regime, tectonics and geology of the Dead Sea, and how humans and geology have interacted since the Holocene.
In addition, I am a professional artists, with over 25 years experience as a sculptor, photographer and performer. I have participated in over 50 group and 20 solo exhibitions worldwide and my work can be found in prominent private and public collections.
Lately working on combining my two worlds - science and art. Art and science...
In addition, I am a professional artists, with over 25 years experience as a sculptor, photographer and performer. I have participated in over 50 group and 20 solo exhibitions worldwide and my work can be found in prominent private and public collections.
Lately working on combining my two worlds - science and art. Art and science...
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Lagoon to the south. At its northern exit, an NW–SE trending square anomaly is visible in the geophysical data, buried underneath centuries of sand accumulation. It is parallel and similar in shape and scale to a Hellenistic feature observed in satellite data and excavated during the underwater archaeological survey. It seems that during the beginning/Middle Bronze Age, a natural or manmade channel was utilized as an entrance to the bay. As sea levels rose and sand began to accumulate, the channel was periodically filled in and would have needed to have been cleared. Eventually, it became too expensive or inconvenient to maintain, probably during the Byzantine period. The southern anchorage was abandoned for more favorable conditions to the north of the Tel. The sequence of events shows how ancient builders first utilized a natural channel, maintained it as sea levels rose, and abandoned it when it became too problematic to maintain.