The uncovering of the remains of the settlement of Qumran National Park, on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, and the Dead Sea Scrolls found nearby, ignited the imagination of both Jews and Christians. In addition to the oldest copies of the Hebrew Scriptures ever found and scrolls pertaining to the ancient community known as the Yahad, numerous other Read more...
Ben Gurion’s Tomb The graves of David and Paula Ben-Gurion overlook a breathtaking view of the Tsin canyon and the Avdat highlands in the heart of the Negev. The path from the parking lot to the tranquil grave site goes through a garden of carefully nurtured local flora that can thrive in the arid climate and saline conditions of the Read more...
Shivta National Park Shivta National Park, located in the western Negev not far from the Egyptian border at Nitsana, differs from the other Nabatean cities in the Negev in that it is not located on a main commercial route. Roman ruins, dating to the period of Shivta’s founding in the first century BCE, can be seen in the southern part Read more...
UNESCO World Heritage Site Archaeologists have uncovered two-thirds of a city dating from the early Israelite period (10th century BCE) at Tel Be´er Sheva in the Negev. The site is of unparalleled importance for the study of biblical-period urban planning, biblical history and its outstanding universal value, leading UNESCO to inscribe Tel Be´er Sheva as a World Heritage Site. How Read more...
Zippori National Park Zippori National Park The capital of Galilee and the town nearest Nazareth during the time of Jesus, today Sepphoris is a national park. On the site are beautiful mosaic floors from the Byzantine period, remains of an ancient synagogue, a Roman theater, and large mansions from the Roman period. From the acropolis of the ancient town is Read more...
Masada, the ancient fortress built by King Herod the Great atop a lofty natural plateau overlooking the Dead Sea, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. Read more...
Tel Hazor National Park Tel Hazor National Park is located in the Hula Valley, at the foot of the Galilee mountains. It is situated along the ancient road that turned northeast and linked the land of Israel (southern Canaan) through Lebanon’s Beka’a Valley to Babylon. Another road, to the northwest, led to Phoenicia. Hazor’s location, its fertile land and the Read more...
Tel Hazor National Park Armageddon – Megiddo National Park Megiddo National Park, encompassing the ancient biblical mound of Megiddo, whose universal value has won it a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List, is located at the western entrance to the Izrael Valley in the Lower Galilee, on an important ancient and modern crossroad. Megiddo in the Book of Revelation Read more...
Caesarea National Park Only in the 9th century, with the development of sea-trade and the recovery of the coastal cities, was Cuesarea refortlfied. lt was conquered by the Crusaders on May 17th 1101, and ruled by the Knights of Gamier. ln 1251, during the crusade of king Louis IX of France, Caesarea was fortified anew with impressive intensity. In 1265 Read more...
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