Battle of the Horns of Hattin 2024

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Every year, the Regnum Hierosolymitanum, history reenactment group along with other similar groups from Israel and overseas (Germany, Russia and Ukraine, Poland, Cyprus, Moldova and the United States), reconstructs the events surrounding the Battle of Hattin in the actual landscape and in conditions similar to those that was prevailing at the time.

This project stands on a lot of an academic and archaeological sources research that was made. Including the region, battle, period and more. The Horns of Hattin march is a living history event. All attendees actively participate in the reenactment and are assigned to one of two armies: King of Jerusalem Guy de Lusignan or Salah ad-Din. Characters include: knights, professional mercenaries, members of the military orders, horseback riders, Mamelukes, pilgrims, countrymen, city dwellers, Bedouins, musicians, and others.