🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Ein Bokek
Ein Bokek (Hebrew: עֵין בּוֹקֵק; Arabic: عين بوقيق) is an Israeli seaside resort on the Dead Sea, near Neve Zohar. It is under the jurisdiction of the Tamar Regional Council in the Southern District.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Tell el-Far'ah (South)
Archaeological site in the northern Negev, Israel
🇮🇱 Israel · Geoglyph
Negev Makhtesh Highlands Desert Kites
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Timnian / Desert Chalcolithic
Negev Highlands kite cluster (480 m, 30°51′N 34°51′E) on makhtesh (crater) rim plateaux between Ramon (30°35′N 34°50′E) and Har Harif, extending the Israeli Negev kite province beyond the three known…
🇮🇱 Israel · Earthwork
Negev Central Desert Kites - Mitzpe Ramon
Late Neolithic Timnian to Early Bronze, plus Nabataean · Negev Timnian hunter-herders; Nabataean farmers
11 flint desert kites (4100-2900 BCE) on Negev plateau rim above Ramon Crater, later reused by Nabataean wine-presses.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Haluza (Elusa) Negev Kite Field (Haluza dunes fringe, Israel)
Early Bronze to Byzantine (EB II to Byzantine, 3300 BCE–600 CE) · Negev Early Bronze (Arad) to Nabatean–Byzantine
11 Haluza dune-fringe kites (3300 BCE–Byzantine reuse) with sinking circles — Negev farming adaptation.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Ein HaBesor
Ein HaBesor (Hebrew: עֵין הַבְּשׂוֹר, lit. 'Spring of the Besor') is a moshav in southern Israel.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park
Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park is a national park in the Judaean Foothills of central Israel, containing a large network of caves recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Ashkelon National Park
Ashkelon National Park (Hebrew: גן לאומי אשקלון, Arabic: متنزه قومي عسقلان) is an Israeli national park consisting of the ruins of ancient Ascalon and Palestinian village Al-Jura, situated along the…
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Cave of Horrors
Cave of Horrors ('Ma'arat Ha'eimim') or Cave of Horror (Hebrew: מערת האימה, lit. 'Me'arat Ha'Eima') is the nickname given to a refuge cave that archaeologists have catalogued as Nahal Hever Cave 8…
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Ashdod
Ashdod (Hebrew: אַשְׁדּוֹד, romanized: ʾašdōḏ, pronounced [ʔaʃˈdod]; Arabic: أسدود, romanized: ʾasdūd, pronounced [ʔasˈduːd], or إسدود, ʾisdūd [ʔɪsˈduːd]; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃, romanized: *ʾašdūd)…
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Horvat 'Anim
Horvat ʽAnim (Hebrew: חורבת ענים) or Khirbet Ghuwein al-Tahta (Arabic: خربة غويين التحتا, “Lower Ghuwein”) is a ruined hamlet and archaeological locality in the southern fringes of the Hebron Hills,…
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Sha'ar Hagolan
Pottery Neolithic / Yarmoukian · Yarmoukian (Levantine Pottery Neolithic)
Type-site of the Yarmoukian culture (6400–5800 BCE), the first Pottery Neolithic culture of the southern Levant, on the Yarmouk River.
🇮🇱 Israel · Necropolis
Beit She'arim necropolis
Beit She'arim Necropolis (Hebrew: בֵּית שְׁעָרִים, "House of Gates") is an extensive rock-cut necropolis located near the ancient Jewish town of Beit She'arim, 20 km east of Haifa in the southern…
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Acre, Israel
Acre ( AH-kər, AY-kər), known in Hebrew as Akko (Hebrew: עַכּוֹ, ʻAkkō, IPA: [ˈako]) and in Arabic as Akka (Arabic: عكّا, ʻAkkā, IPA: [ˈʕak.ka]), is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern…