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Dead Sea scrolls
15,000 fragments of about 850 scrolls from ancient Judaism
Masada
Masada ( '''', 'fortress'; ) is a mountain-top fortress complex in the Judaean Desert, overlooking the western shore of the Dead Sea in southeastern Israel. The fort, built in the first century BC, was constructed atop a natural plateau rising over above the surrounding terrain, east of modern Arad.
Arad
city in Israel
Judaean Desert
desert in the southern Levant
Temptation of Jesus
event in the life of Jesus
Kidron Valley
valley on the eastern side of The Old City of Jerusalem
Ein Gedi
nature reserve in Israel
Ma'ale Adumim
Israeli city in Judea and Samaria
Herodium
The Herodeion (), in Latin: Herodium, in Modern Herodion, known in Arabic as Jabal al-Fureidis () is a fortified desert palace built by Herod the Great, king of Judaea, in the first century BCE. The complex stands atop a hill in the Judaean Desert, approximately south of Jerusalem and southeast of Bethlehem, between Beit Ta'mir, Za'atara to the east and Jannatah, Tekoa and Nokdim to the west. The site is located at an elevation of 758 meters (2,487 ft) above sea level.
Mount of Temptation
mountain in the Jordan Valley
Mount Sodom
mountain in Israel
Bir el Qutt inscriptions
Georgian language Byzantine mosaic
Negev shrew
species of mammal
Nabi Musa
local Development Committee in Jericho Governorate and Muslim holy site
Kfar Eldad
Israeli settlement in the occupied Palestinian West Bank
Megilot Regional Council
Israeli Regional Council in the occupied West Bank
Nahal Hever
stream in the Judean Desert
Tze'elim Stream
Stream in Israel
Mitzpe Yeriho
Israeli settlement in Judean desert
Valley of Josaphat
valley
Cave of Letters
cave
Kfar Adumim
Israeli settlement on the greater Jerusalem area
Nahal Mishmar
seasonal stream in the Judean Desert in Israel
Qumran Caves
cave in West Bank
El Khiam
archeological site in the West Bank
Hyrcania
fortress in Israel
Ahmarian
The Ahmarian culture was a Paleolithic archeological industry in the Levant dated at 46,000–42,000 years before present (BP) and thought to be related to Levantine Emiran and younger European Aurignacian cultures.
Cave of Horror
area in the Judaean Desert in Israel
Wadi Og
river/wadi in the Palestinian West Bank
Malham cave
cave in Israel
Monastery of Martyrius
former monastery in the West Bank
Wadi Khureitun
seasonal riverbed and ravine in Palestine
Wadi Auja
stream in West Bank, State of Palestine
Nahal Hemar Cave
archeological cave site in Israel