Israël Pays

Home of Israel\'s nuclear research.

Home of Israel\'s nuclear research.

The graves of David Ben-Gurion and Paula Ben-Gurion: a landscaped garden in the desert, on the edge of a cliff overlooking the stunning landscape of the Zin Valley and the Avdat Plain.

Archeologists working at Tel Beersheva uncovered two-thirds of a settlement from the early Israelite period (tenth century B.C.E.), when a fortified administrative city was built on the tell (mound composed of the remains of successive settlements).

he Nabatean city where the Arabian horse was bred. Mamshit is the Nabatean city of Memphis.

The Ein Avdat Spring flows where the Zin River leaves the Avdat Plain.

Avdat sits on the ancient Spice Route between Petra and Gaza. Most of the spectacular finds are from the acropolis, some 650 meters above sea level.

A Nabatean and Christian city in the heart of the desert

Year Founded :1983Population, Dec 2004 : 538

Remnants of an important city from the Canaanite and Israelite periods