Judaean Desert
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The Judaean Desert or Judean Desert is a desert in the West Bank and Israel that stretches east of the ridge of the Judaean Mountains and in their rain shadow, so east of Jerusalem, and descends to th
Judaean Desert
The Judaean Desert lies just east of Jerusalem. The Old City appears in the foreground, and the desert in the background.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the caves surrounding Qumran.
Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. George in Wadi Qelt.
Judaean Mountains
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The Judaean Mountains, or Judaean Hills or the Hebron Hills is a mountain range in the West Bank of Palestine, and Israel where Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron and several other biblical sites are locate
Judaean Desert
…Midbar Yehuda, Arabic: برية الخليل, romanized: Bariyat al-Khalil) is a desert in the West Bank and Israel that stretches east of the ridge of the Judaean Mountains and in their rain shadow, so east of Jerusalem, and descends to the Dead Sea. The Judaean Desert has historically functioned as a place of refuge for…
View of the Judaean Mountains near Jerusalem
The Judean Hills viewed from the Dead Sea
View from hilltop overlooking Wadi es-Ṣur, an extension of the Elah Valley in Israel
View from Beit Meir in the Judaean Mountains