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Aqaba
The main attraction of Eilat is diving in the Red Sea (actually an inlet from the sea known as the Gulf of Eilat or Aqaba), one of the world's most spectacular underwater preserves.Less well-known is the fact that Eilat is one of the best places in the world for bird watching. Approximately one billion birds traverse the area between the Mediterranean coast and the Jordan mountains, making southern Israel the site of one of the greatest concentrations of migrating birds in the world. The migration from Europe to Africa takes place from September to November and the return flight begins in March and lasts through May. Eilat is the headquarters for the International Birdwatching Center.
Sea of Galilee Kinneret
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It’s the largest freshwater lake in Israel — 64 square miles,13 miles long and 7 miles wide. At its deepest point the lake is only 150 feet deep. nearly the size of Washington, D.C.referred to by Israelis as the “Kinneret,” which is Hebrew for “violin,” considered to be the shape resembled by the lake.
It is Israel’s largest source of fresh drinking water, supplying about one-third of the nation’s annual water requirement.
Model of Second Temple
Jerusalem
This 50:1 scale model, covering nearly one acre, evokes ancient Jerusalem at its peak, meticulously recreating its topography and architectural character in 66 CE, the year in which the Great Revolt against the Romans broke out, leading to the destruction of the Temple and the city in the year 70 CE.
Bet Shean Main St
Israel
Beit She'an is a city in the North District of Israel which has played an important role historically due to its geographical location at the junction of the Jordan River Valley and Jezreel Valley. Evidence from cemetery diggings it is a very old city occupided from sixth to fifth millennia BCE home of the Canaanite. There was a Egyptian conquest of Beit She'an by pharaoh Thutmose III in the 15th century BCE. (wiki).
Theater at Bet Shean
Israel
The city extended over an area of some 370 acres, and you can still see the remains of the wall that surrounded it. In addition, several impressive buildings have been uncovered in the national park, including a theatre (still used for events and shows), a public bath-house (the largest found to date in Israel), two magnificent colonnaded streets, a Roman temple, a decorative fountain building (nymphaeum), a large basilica marking the center of the city, and of course the reconstructed mosaic on which you can see Tyche, the Roman Goddess of Good Fortune, holding the Horn of Plenty.
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Bet Shean Bath
Israel
Excavation in Bet She'an has uncovered the remains of a Canaanite city, a Hellenistic city (renamed Scythopolis) and a Roman Byzantine City. During its Hellenistic period, the city was the capital of the 10 Greek cities known collectively as teh Decapolis. The remains found in Bet She'an date back to the Hellenistic times. The city was predominantly Christian until the Arabs conquered it in the 7th century and restored its ancient name. The last Arab settlement of the town occurred with its conquest by the Egyptians in 1830. (wiki)(http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
Dung Gate
Jerusalem
The gate is situated near the southeast corner of the old city, southwest of the Temple Mount. Directly behind the gate lies the entrance to the Western Wall compound. The main entrance to the Old City is the Jaffa Gate, the trash was thrown out of the Dung Gate.
Baptism River Jordan
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The River Jordan, in which John the Baptist baptized his cousin Jesus of Nazareth, is a river in Southwest Asia which flows into the Dead Sea. It is considered to be one of the world’s most sacred rivers.