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Herodion - Herodium Fort

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Sarcophagus in the Good Samaritan Museum

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A Jewish mosaic in the Good Samaritan Mosaic Mueum

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Deir Hajla Greek Orthodox Monastery - next to Jericho

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Dir Hajla Monastery north of the Dead Sea

The iconostasis of the upper church is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in the church

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Saint Gerasimos Monastery (Dir Hajla) - A Nakos

A wooden (or metal) objects called NAKOS date back to the 19th century when the Muslim rulers forbade Christians to ring church bells. The Orthodox monks beat on the nakos like...

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The apse of Dir Hajla / Saint Gerasimos monastery

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The crusader hall in Deir Hajla monastery

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Pilgrims candles - Saint Gersimos monastery

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The walls of Deir Hajla / Saint Gerasimos monastery

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The upper church of saint Gerasimos monastery

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The apse in the upper church - Deir Hajla

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The road from Jerusalem to Jericho & the Dead Sea

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Ein Bokek - Ein Fash'ha - the Dead Sea

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A view to the Dead Sea from Masada

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Chariton / Hariton cave - Tkoa gorge

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Mud ib the Dead Sea

The Dead Sea: Salt, mud and lowest place on earth

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The Judean Desert from Mount Scopus

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The main mosaic in Martirius Monastery

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Palestine Exploration Fund - P.E.F

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Tekoa wadi next to Hariton cave

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The inner courtyard of Deir Hajla Monastery

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Monks skulls from the Persian invasion in 614 CE

The Persian invasion to the Holy Land in 614 AD, resulted in the massacre of many Byzantine monks whose skulls are still kept within the Greek Orthodox Monasteries all over the...

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The water cistern by Euthymius monastery

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The Museum of the Good Samaritan

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Sunset on the Dead Sea

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The Euthymius Monastery archaelogical site

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Aerial view of the Judean Desert

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Herodion / Herodium

Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone located 7 miles (12 KM) south of Jerusalem and near Bethlehem. It was built by King Herod the Great as a...

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