Photos from my domestic trips (Israel) (Jerusalem)

[Mister_T]

Spectacular photos. Thank you for sharing them with us.

[Ringer]

Great pictures! Keep them coming.

[.lava]

Originally Posted by Caladan

לנטוש
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Lintosh
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to abandon

thank you i thought it was meant 'desert'


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[Caladan]

A few photos my friend shot in an excavation we took part in (at Tel Bet-Shemesh)

[Caladan]

Kidron Valley:

is valley on the eastern side of The Old City of Jerusalem which features significantly in the Bible. An ephemeral stream flows through it with occasional flash floods in the rainy winter months. The Kidron Valley runs along the eastern wall of The Old City of Jerusalem, separating the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives. It then continues east through the Judean Desert, towards the Dead Sea. The settlement Kedar, located on a ridge above the valley, is named after it. The neighbourhood of Wadi Al-Joz bears the valley's Arabic name.
The Valley is the site of many Jewish tombs

Tombs from the first century CE:

[Caladan]

A few photos of Tel Aviv skyline:

[Caladan]

Surreal, blurry photos of Tel Aviv at night:













... Yes that is the Moon.

[Caladan]

Tel Aviv sky

[Caladan]

Jerusalem:

[Caladan]

Mamshit (Hebrew: ממשית‎) is the Nabataean city of Memphis. In the Nabataean period, Mamshit was important because it sat on Incense Road, on the route from the Idumean Mountains to the Arabah, which passed through Ma'ale Akrabim and continued on to Beer-Sheva or to Hebron and Jerusalem. The city covers ten acres and is the smallest but best restored city in the Negev Desert. The once-luxurious houses have unusual architecture not found in any other Nabataean city.
The biggest treasure ever found in Israel was exposed in Mamshit - 10500 silver coins, 158 pounds of plumbum tonque with foundry signs and a papyrus cluster with Greek ancient texts.
The reconstructed city gives the visitor a sense of how Mamshit once looked. Entire streets have survived intact, and there are also large groups of Nabataean buildings with open rooms, courtyards, and terraces. The stones are carefully chiseled and the arches that support the ceiling are remarkably well constructed. <- Wiki