The most well-known texts among the Dead Sea Scrolls are the ancient religious writings found in eleven caves near the site of Qumran....

Ein Gedi is an oasis in the desert and a green Garden of Eden in the wilderness. It is situated on the shore of the Dead Sea – the lowest...

Masada is not only important because it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site or an ancient fortress occupying a breathtaking strategic...

Water flowing from the En Avdat (the Avdat spring) in the heart of the Negev has cut a deep, narrow canyon through the soft white chalk....

How far does one have to descend to reach the Dead Sea? About 400 meters below sea level. How deep is this salty lake? Almost the same...

Kibbutz Sde Boker is the realization of the dream envisioned by David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister and defense minister, who...

The Ramon Crater in Israel’s Negev Desert is the world’s largest erosion crater, or makhtesh. A landform unique to Israel’s Negev and...

Avdat National Park in the Negev encompasses the remains of one of the famed ancient Nabatean cities along the Incense Route, the road...

Mitzpe Ramon is a small town in the Negev region of Israel, some 85 km south of Beer Sheva, overlooking the mighty Ramon Crater (Machtesh...

"If the Garden of Eden is in the land of Israel, its portals are in Beit She'an".  So said Rabbi Simeon Ben Lakish in the third century...

Tel Dan is a nature reserve located in north Israel.   Entering the Tel Dan reserve is like stepping into a wonderland: scores of...

No other site is called "his own town" as Mathew 9: 1 is doing and for a good reason – this was his second home!!! It is in this ruins...

"Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them,...

"God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee"  (Luke 1:26) Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel with a population of...

Acre is a city in the Western Galilee district of northern Israel.  Acre is one of the most important cities of the ancient world thanks...

Safed is the capital of the Galilee District. Safed is one of Judaism's four holly cities along with Jerusalem, Tiberius and Hebron and a...

Tel Aviv is known as the city that never sleeps - vibrant, brash, and cosmopolitan. Tel Aviv-Jaffa is Israel's major metropolis and the...

The City of David is the birthplace of Jerusalem, the place where King David established his kingdom, and where the history of the People...