Tag Archives: Negev

Yerucham City Yerucham, established in 1951 as Kfar Yeruham, is one of the first frontier development towns in Israel. It is named after the Biblical city by the same name. Nearby ...

Nekarot Horseshoe – Parsat Nekarot Parsat Nekarot (פרסת נקרות) is part of Nahal Nekarot, a 3-km long twist that looks on the map like a horseshoe in the Negev Ramon Crater. ...

Amonites Amonites (also Ammonites) are an extinct group of marine molluscs closely related to living octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish. The earliest appeared during the Devonian, and the last died out during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. ...

The Large or Great Makhtesh is not the largest. The truth is that when the Large Makhtesh was mapped Makhtesh Ramon was not yet mapped. The “makhtesh” is a unique ...

A “makhtesh” is a natural phenomenon unique to Israel. Craters are created by impact of celestial objects whereas the “makhtesh”, of which there are more than three in Israel, was ...

A “makhtesh” is a natural phenomenon unique to Israel. Craters are created by impact of celestial objects whereas the “makhtesh”, of which there are more than three in Israel, was ...

Israel is known for its beautiful desert, and Mitzpe Ramon, sitting on the top of the crater, is a dreamy spot to remember. as they put it: “The Green Backpackers is a ...

The village of Darejat was established over 200 years ago when its residents (Fellahin, or peasant-farmers from Mount Hevron) purchased the land from local Bedouins in the area and created their ...

Kibbutz Samar – קיבוץ סמר Samar (Hebrew: סָמָר) is a kibbutz founded in 1976 in the Aravah valley in the far south of Israel located near Eilat. Samar is one of the few kibbutzim that continues to maintain a lifestyle consistent with ...

The Yitzhak Rabin Terminal, formerly known as the Arava Terminal, serves as a border crossing between Israel and Jordan for Israelis and foreign tourists, with the exception of residents of ...