Trips

 

Thurs., 2/2/23 - Masada and the Dead Sea

On our way by bus to Masada we stopped to have our picture taken at a sign “The Lowest Place on Earth.” It is 1,348 feet below sea level.

Bedouin camps	Qumran Area - where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found
Dead Sea (background) - Farming operation (foreground)	Dead Sea
	Judean Desert near Masada
Masada
Masada - Cable car	Masada - Cable car
Dead Sea from Masada	Masada - the Snake Path - in case you want to walk
Masada - Model of the site - Looking North	Masada - Model of the site- Looking South
The cable car arrives in the general area of number 3 on the map
Masada - On top of the site	Masada - On top of the site
Masada - On top of the site	Original wall below the line - reconstruction above
Original wall below the line - reconstruction above	Dead Sea from Masada
Original wall below the line - reconstruction above	Layout of the Large Bathhouse
Large Bathouse frescos	Large Bathhouse - Caldarium (hot) hypostyle
	Model showing buildings - storerooms, baths, administration - North Palace in the foreground
Going down the stairs to the North Palace terraces	North Palace - Looking down on the Middle terrace
Middle terrace	North Palace - Lower terrace - Frescos and Columns
North Palace - Lower terrace - Frescos and Columns	North Palace - Lower terrace - Frescos and Columns
View of the Dead Sea from the North Palace terraces	What goes down must go back up - Staircase back up from the North Palace terraces
Looking along the west side of the complex - Synagogue in right foreground	Tristram's starling
Synagogue	Byzantine Palace area - West Gate
West Palace	Byzantine Church - Monastery of Marda
Wall of a Byzantine building	Wall of a Byzantine building
Siege of Masada
Showing the location of the Roman camps
Ruins of Roman Siege Camp A	From the cable car - Roman Siege Camp A, B is at the left edge
Roman Siege Camp C	Roman Siege Camps F and F2
Siege Ramp - Leading up to breeching point	Breeching point
Siege Ramp
Gale in the Dead Sea	Gale in the Dead Sea
The water in the Dead Sea is very salty and hard to wash off	Salt crystals - no nice to walk on with bare feet
Salt on the shore and floating in the water	Return from Masada to Jerusalem
Unfinished apartment buildings	St Louis French Hospital

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