Qumran Caves and Masada

Qumran caves (where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found)


Looking down on the cable cars we took up to Masada. Masada is a very tall plateau on which Herod built a fortress. When the Jewish rebels fled Jerusalem in the first century AD, they came here, but they were pursued... It's a good story. Look it up.


The remains of Herod's 3-tiered palace on Masada