Showing posts with the label Israel

These Streetlights in Jerusalem Bloom Like Giant Flowers

Oct 30, 2015

Tel Aviv based HQ architects has created an urban installation called “Warde” located in Vallero Square, in the heart of Jerusalem. Warde is...

The Mysterious Desert Kites

Sep 14, 2015

In the 1920s, pilots of the Royal Air Force flying over the deserts of Israel, Jordan and Egypt saw strange line shapes in the ground that t...

Herodium: The Palace and Tomb of King Herod

Dec 10, 2014

Located 12 km south of Jerusalem, in the Judean desert, Herodium looks like an extinct volcano, but it really is a fort built by King Herod ...

Yom Kippur, The Day When Israel Goes Car Free

Oct 7, 2014

For twenty-four hours each year, all cars goes off the road all over Israel in celebration of Yom Kippur, also known as Day of Atonement - t...

Moshav Villages of Israel

Jul 24, 2014

Moshav is a type of agricultural community in Israeli consisting of a group of individual farms. The moshav is generally based on the princi...

The Monastery of Wadi Qelt

Jul 18, 2014

Wadi Qelt is a rocky canyon located in the Judaean Desert in the West Bank, originating near Jerusalem and terminating near Jericho, near th...

Strange Salt Formations in the Dead Sea

Sep 17, 2012

The Dead Sea is located in the Jordan valley bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west, and about 55 km southea...

Psychedelic Stalactite Formation at Avshalom Cave, Israel

Aug 19, 2012

Avshalom Cave also known as Soreq Cave or Stalactites Cave is located on the western slopes of the Judean mountains near Bet Shemesh in Isra...

11 Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities in the World

Jul 2, 2012

Ever since man learned to grow their own food and rear cattle, they have been living in permanent to semi-permanent settlements with certain...

Snake Massage Spa in Israel

Jul 29, 2011

An Israeli health and beauty spa is offering a creepy new service for its customers - Snake Massage. For just $80 you can have large slither...