Four generations on the same land.

Samsam Al-Nimer in the Fasayel wheat fields — a young man, day and night, 1970s.

Teenage Saad Al-Nimer leaning on truck 599-509 with friends and family.

Abu Khaled — generous, tireless, family in everything but name.

Excavating the Roman Pool — Saad (right) and Samsam (left) on the bulldozers, 1970s.

Saad at work in the excavation site of the Roman Pool.

Samsam Al-Nimer standing in the orchard fields of Fasayel.

Brothers — Samsam (left) and Saad (right) Al-Nimer leaning on truck 599-509.

Samsam Al-Nimer (center) with the farmers and workers of Fasayel.

Samsam Al-Nimer on the loader, filling truck 599-509 at the Roman Pool dig.

On the dig site — the orange truck, the loader, and the men who ran them.

Fasayel landscape during the years of hard work — the New Holland combine resting in the fields, 1960s–70s.

The New Holland combine parked in Fasayel — between harvests, 1960s–70s.

Saad Al-Nimer riding the New Holland combine during a Fasayel wheat harvest.

Samsam Al-Nimer in the cab of the farm's truck.

Workers on the CAT D5N bulldozer during the Roman Pool excavation.

Samsam (left) and Saad (right) with the coiled irrigation pipe stock — Fasayel pipeline project, late 1970s.

Loaders and a dump truck working the Roman Pool excavation site.

A teenage Saad laying irrigation pipe alongside his brother Samsam during the pipeline project.

A worker on the tractor during the pipeline works in Fasayel.

Fasayel landscape — orchards and hills during the modernization era.

Samsam (far right) with the workers and volunteers who built the Fasayel pipeline — 1970s.

Samsam Al-Nimer, alongside the horse and combine — daily life in the Fasayel lands.

Visitors and volunteers gathered by a stream in Fasayel.

A farmer in Fasayel back in the 1970's.

Abu Khaled with his dog — a Fasayel kind of joy.

Horse in the stall, combine on the horizon — work and life side by side in Fasayel.

Abu Khaled by a spring during the late-1970s excavation works in Fasayel.

Cattle and a horse in the pens — Fasayel's animal life, late 1970s.

A European volunteer resting by the Ras Al-Ein spring, north of Fasayel.

Samsam Al-Nimer in the Fasayel wheat fields — a young man, day and night, 1970s.

Teenage Saad Al-Nimer leaning on truck 599-509 with friends and family.

Abu Khaled — generous, tireless, family in everything but name.

Excavating the Roman Pool — Saad (right) and Samsam (left) on the bulldozers, 1970s.

Saad at work in the excavation site of the Roman Pool.

Samsam Al-Nimer standing in the orchard fields of Fasayel.

Brothers — Samsam (left) and Saad (right) Al-Nimer leaning on truck 599-509.

Samsam Al-Nimer (center) with the farmers and workers of Fasayel.

Samsam Al-Nimer on the loader, filling truck 599-509 at the Roman Pool dig.

On the dig site — the orange truck, the loader, and the men who ran them.

Fasayel landscape during the years of hard work — the New Holland combine resting in the fields, 1960s–70s.

The New Holland combine parked in Fasayel — between harvests, 1960s–70s.

Saad Al-Nimer riding the New Holland combine during a Fasayel wheat harvest.

Samsam Al-Nimer in the cab of the farm's truck.

Workers on the CAT D5N bulldozer during the Roman Pool excavation.

Samsam (left) and Saad (right) with the coiled irrigation pipe stock — Fasayel pipeline project, late 1970s.

Loaders and a dump truck working the Roman Pool excavation site.

A teenage Saad laying irrigation pipe alongside his brother Samsam during the pipeline project.

A worker on the tractor during the pipeline works in Fasayel.

Fasayel landscape — orchards and hills during the modernization era.

Samsam (far right) with the workers and volunteers who built the Fasayel pipeline — 1970s.

Samsam Al-Nimer, alongside the horse and combine — daily life in the Fasayel lands.

Visitors and volunteers gathered by a stream in Fasayel.

A farmer in Fasayel back in the 1970's.

Abu Khaled with his dog — a Fasayel kind of joy.

Horse in the stall, combine on the horizon — work and life side by side in Fasayel.

Abu Khaled by a spring during the late-1970s excavation works in Fasayel.

Cattle and a horse in the pens — Fasayel's animal life, late 1970s.

A European volunteer resting by the Ras Al-Ein spring, north of Fasayel.

Teenage Samsam Al-Nimer with the Jordanian post guards stationed in Fasayel.

Abu Khaled (right) with farmers— closest of all to the family.

New Holland and Clayson combines side by side — a Fasayel wheat harvest.

The dig in motion — eight meters of soil to move before the stones appeared.

Samsam Al-Nimer at the Roman Pool excavation site.

A picture of the New Holland combine — Fasayel wheat.

Saad Al-Nimer in the cab of the red Scania truck.

Roman Pool excavation — bulldozer, dump truck and crew in the dust.

Samsam Al-Nimer on the yellow loader, working beside the red Scania at the Roman Pool excavation.

Fasayel — the land itself, before the green returned.

Fasayel's open land in the era of Fahmi's sons — greenery returning to the valley, 1960s–70s.

Visitors and farmers gathered at the water trough in Fasayel.

A worker on Fasayel's first pipeline project — the underground main line for the farm's irrigation, built in the 1970s under Samsam and Saad and still in use today.

Two boys in the Fasayel wheat — Saad Al-Nimer on the right.

Samsam Al-Nimer (left) and Abu Khaled (right) at the truck door.

Samsam Al-Nimer at the controls of the CAT bulldozer during the Roman Pool excavation.

Samsam Al-Nimer in the trench during the Fasayel water pipeline works — late 1970s.

The workers and volunteers who brought the Fasayel pipeline to life.

Workers on the Fiat 750 tractor in the Fasayel fields.

Silham Al-Nimer as a teenager in the Fasayel wheat field, cypress windbreak behind — 1960s.

Samsam (left) and Saad (right) resting on coils of irrigation pipe during the pipeline works.

Saad Al-Nimer at the wheel of the tractor, hauling pipe during the pipeline project.

Saad Al-Nimer as a boy with his little goat — Fasayel.

A shepherd with his flock on the Fasayel lands — the animal life of the valley, 1960s–70s.

Twin New Holland combines working the Fasayel wheat fields — workers at the wheel.

Sheep grazing under the blue hills of the Jordan Valley — Fasayel pastoral life.

A Fasayel farmer beside his car at the edge of the green fields.

A farmer in keffiyeh overlooking the green Fasayel valley — the land farmers loved.

Teenage Samsam Al-Nimer with the Jordanian post guards stationed in Fasayel.

Abu Khaled (right) with farmers— closest of all to the family.

New Holland and Clayson combines side by side — a Fasayel wheat harvest.

The dig in motion — eight meters of soil to move before the stones appeared.

Samsam Al-Nimer at the Roman Pool excavation site.

A picture of the New Holland combine — Fasayel wheat.

Saad Al-Nimer in the cab of the red Scania truck.

Roman Pool excavation — bulldozer, dump truck and crew in the dust.

Samsam Al-Nimer on the yellow loader, working beside the red Scania at the Roman Pool excavation.

Fasayel — the land itself, before the green returned.

Fasayel's open land in the era of Fahmi's sons — greenery returning to the valley, 1960s–70s.

Visitors and farmers gathered at the water trough in Fasayel.

A worker on Fasayel's first pipeline project — the underground main line for the farm's irrigation, built in the 1970s under Samsam and Saad and still in use today.

Two boys in the Fasayel wheat — Saad Al-Nimer on the right.

Samsam Al-Nimer (left) and Abu Khaled (right) at the truck door.

Samsam Al-Nimer at the controls of the CAT bulldozer during the Roman Pool excavation.

Samsam Al-Nimer in the trench during the Fasayel water pipeline works — late 1970s.

The workers and volunteers who brought the Fasayel pipeline to life.

Workers on the Fiat 750 tractor in the Fasayel fields.

Silham Al-Nimer as a teenager in the Fasayel wheat field, cypress windbreak behind — 1960s.

Samsam (left) and Saad (right) resting on coils of irrigation pipe during the pipeline works.

Saad Al-Nimer at the wheel of the tractor, hauling pipe during the pipeline project.

Saad Al-Nimer as a boy with his little goat — Fasayel.

A shepherd with his flock on the Fasayel lands — the animal life of the valley, 1960s–70s.

Twin New Holland combines working the Fasayel wheat fields — workers at the wheel.

Sheep grazing under the blue hills of the Jordan Valley — Fasayel pastoral life.

A Fasayel farmer beside his car at the edge of the green fields.

A farmer in keffiyeh overlooking the green Fasayel valley — the land farmers loved.

Samsam Al-Nimer on the New Holland combine — late 1970s wheat harvest.

Truck 599-509 with Saad Al-Nimer and farmers from the area.

A European volunteer inside the Roman pool excavation.

A morning at the stable — tending the family horse.

599-509 again — the farm's workhorse, in close-up.

Silham Al-Nimer holding a hunting rifle in Fasayel — late 1950s.

Standing in the cleared pool — eight meters of soil moved by hand.

Down the orchard lane — daily life in the valley, Vespa and all.

Friends and workers around 599-509.

Another day, another load — the truck and its crew.

Down the avenue of a Medjoul date orchard at first light — Fasayel, today.

Saad Al-Nimer walking the Medjoul orchard at dusk.

Saad among the palms — three generations of the same patch of soil.

Saad Al-Nimer checking the orchard, a young palm shoot in the foreground.

Acoustic sensor wired into a palm's crown — early red palm weevil detection protecting the orchard.

Freshly furrowed beds under the center-pivot, with the eastern hills of the Jordan Valley beyond.

Land prep — the John Deere with the grader smoothing a field for the next planting.

Drip lines laid out across a prepared field, the Medjoul orchard and Jericho hills in the distance.

Eggplant fields at dusk, the Jordan Valley hills catching the last sun.

Eggplant and cabbage fields at dawn — a worker tending the rows in the distance.

Eggplant rows running out toward the Dead Sea — Fasayel at dusk.

Saad Al-Nimer standing in the watermelon field, the Jordan Valley hills behind him at sunset.

Saad Al-Nimer in the watermelon field — the center-pivot and Medjoul palms behind.

Watermelon fields stretching to the Jordan Valley hills at sunset.

Young Medjoul palms in the red Fasayel soil — the orchard, growing into itself.

Tractors at rest, palms lining the field edge, the Jordanian hills beyond.

Saad Al-Nimer in the eggplant fields, the valley softening into dusk.

Watermelon harvest in full swing — the crew loading crates under the mountains.

Saad Al-Nimer in the watermelon field at sunset — Fasayel, today.

Watermelon land being prepared for planting — tractors at the edge, Medjoul palms and the Jordan Valley hills beyond.

The other side of the watermelon land before seeding — the center-pivot framing the sun over the hills.

Watermelons gathered in rows at harvest — the sun rising over the Jordan Valley hills.

Center-pivot watering the Fasayel wheat — winter 2016.

Center-pivot ready over a freshly prepared field — Fasayel, 2015.

Looking down on Fasayel from the western hills — the valley opening below in spring.

The view from above Ras Al-Ein toward the Jordan Valley below.

The New Holland 70-66S hauling young Medjoul palms out to the field — May 2015.

Newly planted Medjoul seedlings staked across the open Fasayel land — 2015.

A young Medjoul shoot taking hold in the Jordan Valley soil — 2015.

Medjoul palm seedlings unwrapped and prepared before planting — Fasayel, 2015.

Inside a mature Medjoul orchard — drip lines running between the rows.

Saad Al-Nimer walking the Fasayel wheat fields in 2016, inspecting the season's growth.

Samsam Al-Nimer on the New Holland combine — late 1970s wheat harvest.

Truck 599-509 with Saad Al-Nimer and farmers from the area.

A European volunteer inside the Roman pool excavation.

A morning at the stable — tending the family horse.

599-509 again — the farm's workhorse, in close-up.

Silham Al-Nimer holding a hunting rifle in Fasayel — late 1950s.

Standing in the cleared pool — eight meters of soil moved by hand.

Down the orchard lane — daily life in the valley, Vespa and all.

Friends and workers around 599-509.

Another day, another load — the truck and its crew.

Down the avenue of a Medjoul date orchard at first light — Fasayel, today.

Saad Al-Nimer walking the Medjoul orchard at dusk.

Saad among the palms — three generations of the same patch of soil.

Saad Al-Nimer checking the orchard, a young palm shoot in the foreground.

Acoustic sensor wired into a palm's crown — early red palm weevil detection protecting the orchard.

Freshly furrowed beds under the center-pivot, with the eastern hills of the Jordan Valley beyond.

Land prep — the John Deere with the grader smoothing a field for the next planting.

Drip lines laid out across a prepared field, the Medjoul orchard and Jericho hills in the distance.

Eggplant fields at dusk, the Jordan Valley hills catching the last sun.

Eggplant and cabbage fields at dawn — a worker tending the rows in the distance.

Eggplant rows running out toward the Dead Sea — Fasayel at dusk.

Saad Al-Nimer standing in the watermelon field, the Jordan Valley hills behind him at sunset.

Saad Al-Nimer in the watermelon field — the center-pivot and Medjoul palms behind.

Watermelon fields stretching to the Jordan Valley hills at sunset.

Young Medjoul palms in the red Fasayel soil — the orchard, growing into itself.

Tractors at rest, palms lining the field edge, the Jordanian hills beyond.

Saad Al-Nimer in the eggplant fields, the valley softening into dusk.

Watermelon harvest in full swing — the crew loading crates under the mountains.

Saad Al-Nimer in the watermelon field at sunset — Fasayel, today.

Watermelon land being prepared for planting — tractors at the edge, Medjoul palms and the Jordan Valley hills beyond.

The other side of the watermelon land before seeding — the center-pivot framing the sun over the hills.

Watermelons gathered in rows at harvest — the sun rising over the Jordan Valley hills.

Center-pivot watering the Fasayel wheat — winter 2016.

Center-pivot ready over a freshly prepared field — Fasayel, 2015.

Looking down on Fasayel from the western hills — the valley opening below in spring.

The view from above Ras Al-Ein toward the Jordan Valley below.

The New Holland 70-66S hauling young Medjoul palms out to the field — May 2015.

Newly planted Medjoul seedlings staked across the open Fasayel land — 2015.

A young Medjoul shoot taking hold in the Jordan Valley soil — 2015.

Medjoul palm seedlings unwrapped and prepared before planting — Fasayel, 2015.

Inside a mature Medjoul orchard — drip lines running between the rows.

Saad Al-Nimer walking the Fasayel wheat fields in 2016, inspecting the season's growth.