The rock & fortress of Masada are found by this sea's shore
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The Myth That Was Masada | JayGary.com  Mar 30, 2002 ... The rock-fortress of Masada rises some 1,400 feet from the western shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth. ... In the back room, Yadin's team found fragments of Ezekiel, including chapter 37, which contains the...
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Masada Desert Fortress | Jewish Virtual Library  Masada is located atop an isolated rock cliff at the western end of the Judean Desert overlooking the Dead Sea. On the east side, the rock falls in a sheer drop of...
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Masada - Wikipedia  Masada ( metsada "fortress") is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa. It is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea 20 km (12 mi) east of Arad.
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The Last Days and Hours at Masada | The BAS Library  Herod's desolate mountain palace-fortress at Masada is located in the Judean wilderness near the western shore of the Dead Sea. .... The buildings on Masada were built with stones hewn from dolomite rock; they were hard and heavy, a fact...
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Masada - BibleWalks.com  Dec 20, 2015 ... Masada is located on a steep and isolated hill on the edge of the Judean desert mountains, on the shores of the Dead Sea. .... for the siege, and at which place the rock belonging to the fortress did make the nearest approach...
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Jericho - Wikipedia  Jericho is a Palestinian city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank. It is the .... The first permanent settlement on the site of Jericho developed near the Ein ... A chipped pillar of volcanic stone that was found nearby might have fit into this .... by Israel after the Six Day War, but after the handover to Palestinian Authority...
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The Exodus Route: Crossing the Red Sea - Bible.ca  In trying to locate the crossing point of the Red Sea, we need to follow closely what ... The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the ... The Bible says that their was a wall of water on both sides of the sea when they .... the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea) is roughly about the same distance of 220 Miles.
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Free Flashcards about HISTORIC NAMES - StudyStack  THE WAILING WALL IN JERUSALEM WAS A RETAINING WALL THIS "GREAT" KING HAD BUILT TO SHORE UP THE TEMPLE PLATFORM, HEROD THE...
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Free Flashcards about ISRAEL - StudyStack  ISRAEL'S KINNERET LAKE IS ALSO KNOWN BY THIS NAME, SEA OF GALILEE. MAIN SYMBOL ... TIBERIUS IS THE LARGEST TOWN ON THE SHORE OF THIS "SEA" THE ISRAELIS CALL YAM KINNERET, SEA OF GALILEE. BARBARA...
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List of places on land with elevations below sea level - Wikipedia  This is a list of places below mean sea level that are on land. Places in tunnels, mines, ... Dead Sea, Jordan  West Bank  Israel [423 m (1,388 ft)], lowest land in ... Salton Sea Beach, California, United States [67 m (220 ft)]; Desert Shores, ... Extreme points of Earth  List of countries by lowest point  List of submarine...
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Masada - Wikipedia  Masada ( metsada "fortress") is an ancient fortification in the Southern District of Israel ... In 66 CE, a group of Jewish rebels, the Sicarii, overcame the Roman .... 1963 and 1965 by an expedition led by Israeli archeologist Yigael Yadin. ... date palm seed discovered during archaeological excavations in the early 1960s...
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Saudi Arabia | history - geography | Britannica.com  Jun 27, 2016 ... In its western highlands, along the Red Sea, lies the Hejaz, which is the cradle ... To the east, along the Persian Gulf, are the country's abundant oil fields ... and Qatar (2001); the border with the United Arab Emirates remains undefined. ... called Al-Nafd (nafd designating a sandy area or desert), is in the...
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Dead Sea | Free online library at BiblicalTraining.org  Called in Scripture the Salt Sea (Gen.14.3), [[Sea of the Arabah]] (Deut.3.17), ... of Lisan recommended the Plain of Siddim to Lot as a well-watered...garden ... Yet this harsh lifeless sea is notable for its geological structure, its hydrology, ...... corner of the lake, 3 tons of which were brought to market by the Arab natives.
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Masada: Fortress of the Zealots - Live Science  Nov 14, 2012 ... Jewish rebels sought refuge from the Roman army in this cliff-top palace complex ... During the first Jewish revolt against the Romans (A.D. 66-73), ... building at Masada to around 35 B.C. and the date of the site's walls ... "Masada: Herod's Fortress and the Zealot's Last Stand" (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1966)...
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Lowest Elevation | Dead Sea - Extreme Science  The surface of the Dead Sea is over 1300 feet below sea level. ... with a preserving layer of salt crystals and then tossed onto shore by the wind and waves.
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Masada | ancient fortress, Israel | Britannica.com  Ancient mountaintop fortress in southeastern Israel, site of the Jews' last ... Masada, Hebrew Horvot Meada (Ruins of Masada), ancient mountaintop fortress in ... and the entire mountaintop was excavated by Yigael Yadin in 196365, ... These may be lots cast by the last defenders to determine who should die first.
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1. The Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls - Neal A. Maxwell Institute ...  Early in 1947 a Bedouin shepherd boy of the Ta'amireh tribe left his flock of sheep ... the western shore of the Dead Sea, from the caves of Murrabba'at and Nahal Hever ... The importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls becomes evident when their...
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Pillars of Heracles | promontories, Strait of Gibraltar | Britannica.com  Pillars of Heracles, also called Pillars of Hercules, two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar. ... pillar has been identified as one of two peaks: Jebel Moussa (Musa), .... Rugged peaks of the Ruwenzori Range, east-central Africa. ... Mountain on the crest of the Great Himalayas of southern Asia that lies on...
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Jericho - Wikipedia  Jericho is a Palestinian city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank. It is the ... It was thought to have the oldest stone tower in the world as well, but excavations at Tell Qaramel in Syria have discovered stone towers which are even older. ... settlements in Jericho, the first of which dates back 11,000 years (9000 BCE)...
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The Dead Sea - Image of the Week - Earth Watching  The Dead Sea, also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the ... of the world's saltiest bodies of water, though Lake Vanda in Antarctica (35%), ... It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River. ... The Dead Sea is fed mainly by the Jordan River, which enters the lake from the north.
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Israel The Dead Sea  To reach the lowest place on Earth all one has to do is come to Israel, where the ... Tourists and visitors come from all over the world to rest, seek healing, enjoy the ... Ancient caves and settlement on the northern shores of the Dead Sea where the ... Relax at Ein Bokek Public beach (Tel: 972-8-6594433), or Ein Geidi Public...