This tell, inhabited from about 7000 BCE to 500 BCE, is made of 26 layers of the ruins of ancient cities. With its strategic location at the head of a pass through the Carmel Ridge overlooking the Valley of Jezreel, it guarded the western branch of Via Maris.
Golda Meir (Hebrew: גּוֹלְדָּה מֵאִיר) (May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was one of the founders of the State of Israel and served as the fourth Prime Minister of Israel from March 17, 1969 to June 3, 1974. Golda Meir was known as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics. David Ben-Gurion once described her as "the only man in the Cabinet."
The Montefiori Windmill is a recognizable Jerusalem landmark. The windmill is in the Mishkenot Sha’ananim neighborhood. The neighborhood, funded by British Jewish mogul Moses Montefiori, was the first JewishJerusalem neighborhoods built outside of the Old City walls. The neighborhood was very dangerous when built in 1861, as it was outside of the protection the Old City provided. Today it is an artist colony.
Ein GediHebrew: עין גדי is an oasis located on the east of the Dead Sea, close to Masada and the caves of Qumran. Ein Gedi National Park is famous for its rich diversity of flora and fauna.
Ben Gurion International Airport (Hebrew: נמל תעופה בן גוריון, IATA: TLV) is the international airport serving most of Israel. Its intricate and fascinating architecture was one of the reasons why it was ranked as the top airport in the region by passengers.
Moshe Aviv Tower (Hebrew: מגדל משה אביב, commonly known as the City Gate - Hebrew: שער העיר), is a 68-floor skyscraper located in the demarcated area of the bursa (diamond stock exchange) on Jabotinsky Street in northern Ramat Gan, Israel. It is the highest building in Israel, surpassing the Azrieli Center Circular Tower when it was built. The office and residential building is also the eighth highest building in the Middle East. The building is named after Moshe Aviv, the construction company's owner, who died in a horse accident in October 2001 before completion.
Yad Vashem (Hebrew: יד ושם; "Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority") is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust established in Jerusalem in 1953 through the Memorial Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament. The new Holocaust History Museum (shown above) was built as a prism-like triangular structure. It is 180 meters long, with stark walls made from reinforced concrete. The museum covers an area of more than 4,000 square meters and is mostly situated below ground level.
The Shephelah (Hebrew: הַשְּפֵלָה, "lowland"; also שפלת יהודה, Shephelat Yehuda, "Judean lowland") is a designation usually applied to the region in south-central Israel of 10-15 km of low hills between the central Mount Hebron and the coastal plains of Philistia within the area of the Judea, at an altitude of 120-450 metres above sea level. The area is fertile, and a temperate Mediterranean climate prevails there. Shephelah was one of the regions allotted to the biblical Tribe of Judah.
