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King Solomon's mines.
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King Solomon's mines.

The Cave of Ein-Gedi, the spring of the kid which waters the region that drops down to the Red Sea. Here David hid from King Saul.
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The Cave of Ein-Gedi, the spring of the kid which waters the region...

The Grotto of Ein-Gedi, the spring of the kid which waters the region that drops down to the Red Sea. Here David hid from Saul.
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The Grotto of Ein-Gedi, the spring of the kid which waters the region...

The Grotto of Ein-Gedi, (he spring of the kid) which waters the region that drops down to the Red Sea. Here David hid from Saul.
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The Grotto of Ein-Gedi, (he spring of the kid) which waters the region...

Shore of Dead Sea near the oasis En-Gedi. Salt formations and some wood encrusted with salt (Dead Sea has 22-30% saline content)
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Shore of Dead Sea near the oasis En-Gedi. Salt formations and some...

Shore of Dead Sea near the oasis of En-Gedi, dead tree trunks with saline incrustration (The Dead Sea has 22-30% saline content).
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Shore of Dead Sea near the oasis of En-Gedi, dead tree trunks with sa...

The Jordan River, east of Jericho where the 10 tribes of Israel crossed from Moab into Canaan and where Saint John Baptist preached and baptized.
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The Jordan River, east of Jericho where the 10 tribes of Israel crossed from Moa...

The oasis of Jericho, the mountain of Temptation in the background.
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The oasis of Jericho, the mountain of Temptation in the ba...

The oasis of Jericho.
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The oasis of Jericho.

Eroded landscape between Jerusalem and Jordan Valley with red coloring of cliffs and soil due to iron oxide (Biblically known as "the steps of blood") According to tradition, the prophet Eliah ascended from here to heaven in a fiery waggon.
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Eroded landscape between Jerusalem and Jordan Valley with red coloring of cli...

The Oasis of Jericho,seen as a green island from the barren desert of Juda. According to biblical tradition the Israelites camped in the wide plain around the city before attacking it during their invasion of Canaan towards the end of the Bronze Age.
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The Oasis of Jericho,seen as a green island from the barren desert of Juda. A...

Jericho (Tel-el-Sultan), Israel, oldest known inhabited settlement. Neolithic fortification with trench cutting through the fortification wall.
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Jericho (Tel-el-Sultan), Israel, oldest known inhabited s...