The earliest reliable historical records of the Jews date from around 1200 BC in unfortified villages in hill country far from Canaanite coastal cities.
It was a very remote village and some of them were reluctant to speak to me - although they were always interested in my clothes and how much I'd had to pay for them.
And after a couple of days exploring the villages and valley in this majestic gorge, it will be time to visit yet another of Morocco's unique and marvellous sites: the Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou.