Route 90, the longest road in Israel at about 480 km (300 miles), cuts through the desert and passes by the Dead Sea as it travels from the northern to the southernmost point. Built in the 1960s, the newest sections (to the north of the Dead Sea), are 50 years old, paved after the 1967 …
On December 2019, our walking tour of the Old City of Jeruselam began early in the morning, starting along the north-east walls towards Lions Gate and the Muslim Quarter. One of seven gates created in the wall of the old city, Lions Gate is the only one that opens towards the east. Its name is …
Mount Zion is one of the rare places that can move, having migrated from the City of David (Lower Eastern Hill) to the Temple Mount (Upper Eastern Hill) to its present location on the Western Hill, just outside the walls of the Old City. Despite shifting locations multiple times, present day Mount Zion remains an …
2000 year-old Hebrew texts that are manuscripts to the Hebrew bible In the heart of the Judean desert, a Bedouin shepherd made the greatest manuscript discovery (though he did not know it then) among the high cliffs overlooking the Dead Sea. Ancient scrolls found in a desert caveAs the story goes, this accidental discovery occurred …
Visited December 2019Built as a shrine to the Baha’i faith, the Baha’i Gardens comprise a staircase of 19 terraces extending up the northern slope of the city's Mount Carmel. At the central terrace stands the golden domed Shrine of the Bab (the “Gate” in Arabic) - the final resting place of the Founder of the …
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