A look from the Generation Road to the UniversityIn 1975, the late Dr. Reuben Hecht came up with the idea of the establishment of a museum park, which will include reconstructed authentic buildings, representing different periods in the history of Palestine. The project proposed by Dr. Hecht was based on locating the remains of ancient buildings likely to be destroyed, in various parts of the country, relocating from their sites to an area designated for the construction of the museum park and reconstruction along paths surrounded by woods and natural vegetation.
The Road of The Millennia (Derech Hadorot)
The Road of MillenniaIn 1975, Dr. Reuben Hecht proposed the establishment of an outdoor archaeological museum which would include authentic reconstructed buildings representing various periods throughout the history of Eretz-Israel. The project suggested by Dr. Hecht was based on locating the remains of ancient buildings facing destruction in sites around Israel, and transporting them from their original site to the ground allocated to the outdoor museum, where they would be reconstructed along walking trails surrounded by natural forestation. The site approved was in the Carmel National Park, close to the University of Haifa.
Israelite Period (Iron Age), 1000-900 BCE
An Israelite House from Ramat Matred (Negev Highlands) Israelite Period (Iron Age), 1000-900 BCThe farmhouse and its adjacent buildings were transported to the Road of the Millennia from the airfield at Ramat Matred in the Negev Highlands. The farmhouse includes several buildings that which were found during excavations on both sides of one of the wadis in Ramat Matred.
Chalcolithic Period (4500 – 3300 BCE)
Tomb from Palmahim (Southern Coastal Plain) Chalcolithic Period (4500 – 3300 BCE) The tomb was transferred to "Derech Hadorot" from a cemetery unearthed north-east of Kibbutz Palmahim. The cemetery included tens of tombs, rectangular or round in shape, built of sandstone.
The tombs' openings, facing north, were all sealed by sandstone slabs. Stelae made of flat stones were discovered in some of the tombs
The burial practices varied and included burial inside a pit dug in the tomb floor, burial inside jars and secondary burial in stone ossuaries (chests).
Middle Canaanite (Bronze) I Period, 2200-2000 BCE
Dwellings and Burial Complex from Ramat Matred (Negev Highlands), Middle Canaanite (Bronze) I Period, 2200-2000 BCEThe complex consists of a circular courtyard surrounded by several circular living and working areas. At some stage, two dwelling rooms became tumuli (from the Latin tumulus, meaning a mound). The tumuli graves in the Negev Highlands are made from a chest whose floor and walls are constructed from flat stone slabs. The deceased was laid out in this chest in a fetal position. The chest was covered by stone slabs, and stones and earth were piled on top and around the chest.
Byzantine Period, 4th-7th Centuries BCE 
Oil Presses from Hurbat Castra, Byzantine Period, 4th-7th Centuries BCE
Hurbat Castra, located at the southern approaches to Haifa, is on the planned route of the Carmel Tunnel. Therefore, archaeological salvage digs were conducted at the site by the Israel Antiquities Authority, from 1993-1997. A Roman-Byzantine city was discovered at the site. The economy of the city was based on the production of wine and olive oil in large quantities, testimony to which are eleven grape presses and seven oil presses. Two of the oil presses were transferred by the Israel Antiquities Authority’s preservation unit in 1997 to the Road of the Millennia in the Carmel National Park.
The Early Canaanite (Bronze) II - III Period, 2200-2700 BCE
Dwelling from the Early Canaanite (Bronze) II - III Period, 2200-2700 BCE
A circular room at the center of the building was used for living. Various constructions surrounding the room were used for household tasks, such as grinding food and cooking and as tool sheds. The foundation of the house is stone, while its upper section, which was not preserved, was probably made of cloth and leather. The roof was constructed from tree branches.
The Israelite Period (Iron Age), 800-700 BCE
Granaries for Storing Crops from Israelite Fortress in the Israelite Period (Iron Age), 800-700 BCE
In the Negev, near an important crossroad, three Israelite fortresses (1000-600 BCE), built one on top of another, were excavated. Four granaries were found outside the fortress built during the reign of Usiyahu (8th century BCE), and were transported to the outdoor museum site.