Negev Sites Gallery
This page summarizes the sites that are
reviewed in the area of the Negev.
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This page is a sites gallery of the Negev area - located on
the south side of Israel.
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On each site below you can:
- read a short summary (above the picture)
- read the biblical reference (below the picture)
- click on the title to get to the review of that
site.
- click on the photo to see the picture at full
resolution.
You can also see the list of sites on a
map of
the region, and use it to navigate among the places.
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The Negev:
The Negev desert is located in
the southern part of Israel. It covers 13,000 km2,
more than half of the land area of the country. Most of the area is barren and
dry, which limited the number and size of the settlements in this harsh land.
The Negev is the southern border of
the Holy Land. In the Bible, Negev means the direction "south". Some of the
Biblical events occurred here. Small Israelite settlements were established
during the Iron age, by digging wells and collecting the scarce rain water.
During the Hellenistic and Roman periods
the Nabateans perfected the irrigation solutions, allowing them to build great
cities and fortresses along their trade routes. In the following Byzantine
period, vast desert agriculture areas were cultivated around the cities, and
supported the Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land. After the
Muslim conquest the Negev declined, inhabited only by limited number of Bedouin
nomads.
Following the establishment of
Israel, many areas in the Negev area were resettled, historic sites were
rediscovered, and its unique nature and geology wonders are gaining
popularity.
Links to the sites of the Negev desert:
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Ruins of a Roman fort in the Arava, north of Timna. A
British police station was built over the ruins. The site may have been
one of the stations of the Israelite exodus.
Deuteronomy 10, 7: "From thence they journeyed
... to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters".
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Solomon's
Pillars
Impressive red rock sandstone hills, located in the center of the
Timna park . The ancient Egyptian copper miners erected here a temple in
the times of Ramses III.
Zechariah 6,1: "... and the mountains were
mountains of brass".
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Timna
A geological, nature and history desert park, the center of an ancient
Egyptian copper mines. In the site are mining workshops, camps and
installations, shrine and rock drawings.
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Eilat (Eloth)
Eilat
is the southern resort and port city in Israel. Nearby, on the
Jordanian side, was the location of Eloth, a major ancient city
for 3,000 years, which included King Solomon's sea port of
Etzion-Geber.
1 Kings 9 26: "And king Solomon made a navy of
ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red
sea, in the land of Edom"
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Ramon crater -
"Saw Mill"
and colored sand
Geology sites inside the Ramon
crater.
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Avdat - Ancient desert city
A Nabatean city
on the Incense Route, which became an impressive desert city during
the Roman and Byzantine periods.
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Shivta - Ancient desert city
Impressive ruins of a Nabatean, Roman and Byzantine city in the Negev
desert. A UNESCO world heritage site.
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Be'erota'im - Two Wells
A desert Oasis named after Moses and Aaron. Remains from the Bronze
and Iron
Age periods, Nabatean period, and Ottoman railway.
Deuteronomy 10:6: " And the children
of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan".
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Nitzana -
Nessana
Nitzana (Nessana) was a
Byzantine desert city, located on the south-west frontier of the Holy
Land. Founded as a Nabatean fortified station along the Incense route,
then developed in the Byzantine period.
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Nitzana Hillocks (Curves)
A geological wonderland, with smooth
white rock formations, in the western Negev desert.
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Nitzana Cave,
Nabatean ancient desert
farming
Nabatean quarry
cave and ancient farming lands, located south of the ruins of Nitzana.
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