Via Maris
Kibbutz Ami'ad is located today on the major road leading from the north of Israel to its centre. In the past, it was first and foremost the topographical nature of the area which dictated that the main road pass through here. This road, known today as the Via Maris or sometimes as "The Way of Egypt," connected Syria and Assyria to Egypt, and was one of the most important roads in the Fertile Crescent. The road along the sea, which is the natural way these days, was then difficult for passage because of the swamps of the Sharon plain, Mount Carmel, and the "Ladder of Tyre", which prevented convenient passage in the area of Rosh Hanikra.