Cable car lift

Snake Path Gate

Fortified palace

Enormous storeroom complex for storage

Kitty and Me

Roman client King Herod the Great

constructed a fortified palace complex atop

of the plateau between 37 and 31 BCE

Myth has it the Zealots fell at the hands

of the Roman army in 73 CE

Rather than be killed or enslaved

they chose to commit a mass suicide

Tho fewer than 30 skeletons were found on the site

The large bathhouse

UNESCO WHS #1040

Israel Judean Desert

Ein Gedi Nature Reserve

David Waterfall

Extraordinary oasis with magnificent

desert plants and wildlife

The Ancient Synagogue

Mosaic from ancient Ein Gedi synagogue

Looking over to Jordon

Dead Sea

The lowest place on earth

The lake is made up of 34% salt

Float in the Dead Sea

Dead Sea mud rush

Contains minerals and muds with special healing properties

Free spa

Who is this?

Neve Midbar Beach & Pool

Church of Nativity

One of the oldest churches in the world

Mosaic

Artwork displayed in the Church of the Nativity

Baby Jesus

Grotto of the Nativity

Franciscan Church of St Catherine

Jesus was born in a cave, not a shed, as popularly depicted

Franciscan Church of St Catherine

Graffiti by UK artist Banksy

Israeli West Bank barrier aka wall

Israel considers it a security barrier against terrorism

Palestinians call it a racial segregation

Total length of 708 kilometres

Built during the Second Intifada that began in September 2000

World largest protest graffiti

The Walled Off Hotel opened by Banksy

Bethlehem checkpoint

Leaving Bethlehem

Bethlehem checkpoint

Entering Jerusalem

The Wall