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In King Herod's footsteps

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Israel, Jerusalem, Guivat Ram quarter, Israel Museum, model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period built by Herod the Great, replica of Herod's Temple
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, Guivat Ram quarter, Israel Museum, model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period built by Herod the Great, replica of Herod's Temple

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13/06/2012
Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, northern Herod palace, the private residence extended down to three levels
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    • Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, northern Herod palace, the private residence extended down to three levels

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15/06/2012
Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), the Royal Box at King Herod's Theater excavations were conducted by Prof. Ehud Netzer and now by Yakov Kalman
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    • Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), the Royal Box at King Herod's Theater excavations were conducted by Prof. Ehud Netzer and now by Yakov Kalman

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14/06/2012
Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park)
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    • Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park)

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14/06/2012
Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the byzantine western gate
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    • Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the byzantine western gate

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15/06/2012
Israel, Haifa District, Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima), ruins of Caesarea, the former bathhouse above the Roman hippodrome
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    • Israel, Haifa District, Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima), ruins of Caesarea, the former bathhouse above the Roman hippodrome

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11/06/2012
Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, northern Herod palace, the private residence extended down to three levels
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    • Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, northern Herod palace, the private residence extended down to three levels

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15/06/2012
Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, northern Herod palace model, the private residence extended down to three levels
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    • Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, northern Herod palace model, the private residence extended down to three levels

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15/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, Davidson Center, bronze coins called Perutot found at the Herodian street probably brought by pilgrims
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, Davidson Center, bronze coins called Perutot found at the Herodian street probably brought by pilgrims

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13/06/2012
Israel, Haifa District, Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima), ruins of Caesarea, the roman theatre from Herod the Great
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    • Israel, Haifa District, Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima), ruins of Caesarea, the roman theatre from Herod the Great

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11/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great under the surveillance of an armed soldier
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great under the surveillance of an armed soldier

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15/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great, Orthodox Jew praying
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great, Orthodox Jew praying

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14/06/2012
Israel, Haifa District, Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima), ruins of Caesarea, the Roman hippodrome
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    • Israel, Haifa District, Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima), ruins of Caesarea, the Roman hippodrome

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11/06/2012
Israel, Haifa District, Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima), ruins of Caesarea
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    • Israel, Haifa District, Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima), ruins of Caesarea

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11/06/2012
Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), remains of the palace of the lower Herodium and its basin, in the distance Bethlehem
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    • Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), remains of the palace of the lower Herodium and its basin, in the distance Bethlehem

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14/06/2012
Israel, Negev Desert, Masada museum, inscription on a scrap of amphora
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    • Israel, Negev Desert, Masada museum, inscription on a scrap of amphora

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15/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Temple Mount in the Davidson Center, staircase of the Mikveh (or mikvah), ritual immersion bath at the foot of the western retaining wall of the Temple built by Herod the Great
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Temple Mount in the Davidson Center, staircase of the Mikveh (or mikvah), ritual immersion bath at the foot of the western retaining wall of the Temple built by Herod the Great

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13/06/2012
Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO
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    • Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO

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15/06/2012
Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Herod's southern water cistern
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    • Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Herod's southern water cistern

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15/06/2012
Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, lower terrace of the northern Herod palace, the private residence extended down to three levels
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    • Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, lower terrace of the northern Herod palace, the private residence extended down to three levels

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15/06/2012
Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, synagogue, copy with a feather of the Torah
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    • Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, synagogue, copy with a feather of the Torah

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15/06/2012
Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Western palace, decorated with mosaic pavements it was used for receptions and accommodation of the guests of Herod
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    • Israel, Negev Desert, Masada fortress, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Western palace, decorated with mosaic pavements it was used for receptions and accommodation of the guests of Herod

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15/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Dome of the Rock on Haram el-Sharif and the Jewish cemetery on Mount of Olives
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Dome of the Rock on Haram el-Sharif and the Jewish cemetery on Mount of Olives

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13/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, covered part of the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great, Orthodox Jews praying
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, covered part of the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great, Orthodox Jews praying

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14/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great

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15/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Kotel underground along the Western Wall, abandoned former aqueduct of the Hasmoneans by the construction of the second temple
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Kotel underground along the Western Wall, abandoned former aqueduct of the Hasmoneans by the construction of the second temple

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13/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Kotel underground along the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great, this place where women are in prayer is the closest place to the Kodesh Ha 'Ḳodashim (Holy of Holies)
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Kotel underground along the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great, this place where women are in prayer is the closest place to the Kodesh Ha 'Ḳodashim (Holy of Holies)

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13/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Kotel underground along the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great, original street of the herodian period
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Kotel underground along the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great, original street of the herodian period

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13/06/2012
Israel, Haifa District, Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima), ruins of Caesarea, sarcophagus lid decorated at both ends by mythological Gordon heads
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    • Israel, Haifa District, Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima), ruins of Caesarea, sarcophagus lid decorated at both ends by mythological Gordon heads

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11/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Dome of the Rock on Haram el-Sharif seen from the Mount of Olives
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Dome of the Rock on Haram el-Sharif seen from the Mount of Olives

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13/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Temple Mount in the Davidson Center, angle west and south of the retaining walls of the Temple built by Herod the Great, Herod was careful to make polish each stone and have it cut a frame
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Temple Mount in the Davidson Center, angle west and south of the retaining walls of the Temple built by Herod the Great, Herod was careful to make polish each stone and have it cut a frame

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13/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Temple Mount seen from the Davidson Center, south retaining walls of the Temple built by Herod the Great and the Al-Aqsa mosque
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Temple Mount seen from the Davidson Center, south retaining walls of the Temple built by Herod the Great and the Al-Aqsa mosque

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13/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, Guivat Ram quarter, Israel Museum, department of archeology, official weight from Herod's reign bearing a greek inscription that reads Year 32 of King Herod, the benefactor, loyal to Caesar, inspector of markets, 3 minas
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, Guivat Ram quarter, Israel Museum, department of archeology, official weight from Herod's reign bearing a greek inscription that reads "Year 32 of King Herod, the benefactor, loyal to Caesar, inspector of markets, 3 minas"

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13/06/2012
Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), the Royal Box at King Herod's Theater excavations were conducted by Prof. Ehud Netzer and now by Yakov Kalman
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    • Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), the Royal Box at King Herod's Theater excavations were conducted by Prof. Ehud Netzer and now by Yakov Kalman

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14/06/2012
Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), Inside the crater
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    • Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), Inside the "crater"

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14/06/2012
Israel, Haifa District, Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima), ruins of Caesarea, mosaic floor of a Roman house
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    • Israel, Haifa District, Caesarea (Caesarea Maritima), ruins of Caesarea, mosaic floor of a Roman house

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11/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, one of the many ceremonies of Bar Mitzvah to move toward the Western Wall
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, one of the many ceremonies of Bar Mitzvah to move toward the Western Wall

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14/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, Guivat Ram quarter, Israel Museum, model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period built by Herod the Great, replica of Herod's Temple
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, Guivat Ram quarter, Israel Museum, model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period built by Herod the Great, replica of Herod's Temple

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13/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, Guivat Ram quarter, Israel Museum, department of archeology, this stone block fell from the parapet at the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount to the street below during the destruction of the second temple. Its inscription to the place of trumpeting indicates that it market the place a priest would stand to signal by trumpet blast the begining and end of Sabbath, 1st century BCE
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, Guivat Ram quarter, Israel Museum, department of archeology, this stone block fell from the parapet at the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount to the street below during the destruction of the second temple. Its inscription "to the place of trumpeting" indicates that it market the place a priest would stand to signal by trumpet blast the begining and end of Sabbath, 1st century BCE

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13/06/2012
Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), the Royal Box at King Herod's Theater excavations were conducted by Prof. Ehud Netzer and now by Yakov Kalman
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    • Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), the Royal Box at King Herod's Theater excavations were conducted by Prof. Ehud Netzer and now by Yakov Kalman

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14/06/2012
Israel, Northern District, Galilee, Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Yardenit baptismal site on the Jordan River
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    • Israel, Northern District, Galilee, Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Yardenit baptismal site on the Jordan River

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12/06/2012
Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), King Herod's Theater excavations were conducted by Prof. Ehud Netzer and now by Yakov Kalman
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    • Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), King Herod's Theater excavations were conducted by Prof. Ehud Netzer and now by Yakov Kalman

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14/06/2012
Israel, Northern District, Galilee, Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Yardenit baptismal site on the Jordan River
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    • Israel, Northern District, Galilee, Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Yardenit baptismal site on the Jordan River

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12/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the seventh station of the Via Dolorosa at the intersection of Market street (souk Khan El-Zeit) in the muslim quarter
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the seventh station of the Via Dolorosa at the intersection of Market street (souk Khan El-Zeit) in the muslim quarter

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13/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the stepped road build under Herod the Great, path of pilgrims, going from the Temple Mount to the Pool of Siloam
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the stepped road build under Herod the Great, path of pilgrims, going from the Temple Mount to the Pool of Siloam

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14/06/2012
Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great
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    • Israel, Jerusalem, holy city, the old town listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Western Wall part of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount built by Herod the Great

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14/06/2012
Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), the former bathhouse
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    • Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), the former bathhouse

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14/06/2012
Israel, Southern District, swimmers at Ein Gedi Beach on the Dead Sea, saline concretions
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    • Israel, Southern District, swimmers at Ein Gedi Beach on the Dead Sea, saline concretions

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15/06/2012
Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), remains of the palace of the lower Herodium and its basin
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    • Israel, West Bank, Herodium or Herodion is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone with a a fortress and palace build by Herod the Great (Herodion National Park), remains of the palace of the lower Herodium and its basin

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14/06/2012