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  • Qasr al-Azraq, the desert castle, constructed of the local black basalt. <br />
Several civilizations are known to have occupied the site for its strategic value in this arid desert area. The fortress in its present form dates back to this period. T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) made the fortress his desert headquarters during the winter of 1917, during the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire.
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  • Qasr al-Azraq, the desert castle, constructed of the local black basalt. <br />
Several civilizations are known to have occupied the site for its strategic value in this arid desert area. The fortress in its present form dates back to this period. T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) made the fortress his desert headquarters during the winter of 1917, during the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Qumran was a refuge for the Jewish sect of the Essenes who searched refuge in the desert, disillusioned by the Hellenisation of Jerusalem.
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  • Judean desert, beduin camp, in the back Jerusalem new residential areas.
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  • Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem.
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  • Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Qumran was a refuge for the Jewish sect of the Essenes who searched refuge in the desert, disillusioned by the Hellenisation of Jerusalem. The cave where a young beduin looking for a sheep discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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  • Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Qumran was a refuge for the Jewish sect of the Essenes who searched refuge in the desert, disillusioned by the Hellenisation of Jerusalem. The cave where a young beduin looking for a sheep discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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  • Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Qumran was a refuge for the Jewish sect of the Essenes who searched refuge in the desert, disillusioned by the Hellenisation of Jerusalem.
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  • Qumran, the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Qumran was a refuge for the Jewish sect of the Essenes who searched refuge in the desert, disillusioned by the Hellenisation of Jerusalem.
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  • Dead Sea, moshav Neot Ha-Kikkar, 20km south of Ein Bokek, specializes in state-of-the-art desert agricultural technology. Today many immigrants from Thailand work here as laborers.
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  • “Zona del Silencio” is a desert with many meteorites, where radios and others electrical apparatus can suffer a total blackout, for local people caused by UFO.
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  • “Zona del Silencio” is a desert with many meteorites, where radios and others electrical apparatus can suffer a total blackout, for local people caused by UFO.
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  • Mar Saba. The greek orthodox monastery stands in complete isolation in the middle of the Judean desert. The monastery is built near the cave where St sabs began his ascetic life in 478 A.D. Pilgrims. The women may only view the monastery from outside.
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  • Mar Saba. The greek orthodox monastery stands in complete isolation in the middle of the Judean desert. The monastery is built near the cave where St sabs began his ascetic life in 478 A.D.
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  • Mar Saba. The greek orthodox monastery stands in complete isolation in the middle of the Judean desert. The monastery is built near the cave where St sabs began his ascetic life in 478 A.D.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender. The Roman camp, nearly intact through the dry climate of the desert, is one of the best survived exemple of Roman military technology.
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  • Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender. The Roman camp, nearly intact through the dry climate of the desert, is one of the best survived exemple of Roman military technology.
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  • Dead Sea, moshav Neot Ha-Kikkar, 20km south of Ein Bokek, specializes in state-of-the-art desert agricultural technology. Today many immigrants from Thailand work here as laborers.
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  • Wadi Sodom, a desert area near Dead sea's south end. Mt Sodom is the Biblical site of the city of Sodom, that God resolved to strike down for sexual promiscuity.
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  • Wadi Sodom, a desert area near Dead sea's south end. Mt Sodom is the Biblical site of the city of Sodom, that God resolved to strike down for sexual promiscuity.
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  • Wadi Sodom, a desert area near Dead sea's south end. Mt Sodom is the Biblical site of the city of Sodom, that God resolved to strike down for sexual promiscuity.
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  • Kalahari desert.
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  • The Ruba' al-Khali desert near the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Without marked boundaries this is the land of Bedouin tribes that hold more power than the central governement.
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  • Dead Sea, moshav Neot Ha-Kikkar, 20km south of Ein Bokek, specializes in state-of-the-art desert agricultural technology. Today many immigrants from Thailand work here as laborers.
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  • Dead Sea, moshav Neot Ha-Kikkar, 20km south of Ein Bokek, specializes in state-of-the-art desert agricultural technology. Today many immigrants from Thailand work here as laborers.
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  • Qasr al-Karaneh Omayyad desert castle.
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  • Qusayr ("small castle") Amra built by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walid between 712-715 AD, for use as a vacation residence or rest stop. The desert castle has a Roman style villa. Qusayr Amra is best known for its amazing mosaics and murals which decorate the central hall and connected rooms.
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  • Desert coastline near Panamerican highway north of Lima.
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  • Desert coastline near Panamerican highway north of Lima.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Mar Saba. The greek orthodox monastery stands in complete isolation in the middle of the Judean desert. The monastery is built near the cave where St sabs began his ascetic life in 478 A.D. Pilgrims. The women may only view the monastery from outside.
    em2500818.jpg
  • Mar Saba. The greek orthodox monastery stands in complete isolation in the middle of the Judean desert. The monastery is built near the cave where St sabs began his ascetic life in 478 A.D.
    em2500801.jpg
  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Road in the desert near the Dead Sea.
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  • Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender. The Roman camp, nearly intact through the dry climate of the desert, is one of the best survived exemple of Roman military technology.
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  • Mt Sodom, a desert area near Dead sea's south end. Mt Sodom is the Biblical site of the city of Sodom, that God resolved to strike down for sexual promiscuity.
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  • Mt Sodom, near the desert area of Dead Sea's south end. This big salt mountain, 2 km wide and 4 km deep,  was the Biblical site of the old city of Sodom and has been mined from Roman time.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Wadi Sodom, a desert area near Dead sea's south end. Mt Sodom is the Biblical site of the city of Sodom, that God resolved to strike down for sexual promiscuity.
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  • Wadi Sodom, a desert area near Dead sea's south end. Mt Sodom is the Biblical site of the city of Sodom, that God resolved to strike down for sexual promiscuity.
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  • Wadi Sodom, a desert area near Dead sea's south end. Mt Sodom is the Biblical site of the city of Sodom, that God resolved to strike down for sexual promiscuity.
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  • Wadi Sodom, a desert area near Dead sea's south end. Mt Sodom is the Biblical site of the city of Sodom, that God resolved to strike down for sexual promiscuity.
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  • Wadi Sodom, a desert area near Dead sea's south end. Mt Sodom is the Biblical site of the city of Sodom, that God resolved to strike down for sexual promiscuity.
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  • Wadi Sodom, a desert area near Dead sea's south end. Mt Sodom is the Biblical site of the city of Sodom, that God resolved to strike down for sexual promiscuity.
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  • Wadi Sodom, a desert area near Dead sea's south end. Mt Sodom is the Biblical site of the city of Sodom, that God resolved to strike down for sexual promiscuity.
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  • The Ruba' al-Khali desert near the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Without marked boundaries this is the land of Bedouin tribes that hold more power than the central governement.
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  • Ma'rib, the pillars of Mahram Bilqis, a temple built around 400 BC. Ma'rib, once the capital of the kingdom of Saba, is the most famous archeological site of Yemen. Ma'rib province, where the Ruba' al-Khali desert has not definite boundaries with Saudi Arabia is the land of Bedouin tribes that hold more power than the central governement.
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  • Gas station in the desert between Shabwa and Wadi Hadramawt.
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  • Dead Sea, moshav Neot Ha-Kikkar, 20km south of Ein Bokek, specializes in state-of-the-art desert agricultural technology. Today many immigrants from Thailand work here as laborers.
    em2500607.jpg
  • Qusayr ("small castle") Amra built by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walid between 712-715 AD, for use as a vacation residence or rest stop. The desert castle has a Roman style villa. Qusayr Amra is best known for its amazing mosaics and murals which decorate the central hall and connected rooms.
    em2310159.jpg
  • Qusayr ("small castle") Amra built by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walid between 712-715 AD, for use as a vacation residence or rest stop. The desert castle has a Roman style villa. Qusayr Amra is best known for its amazing mosaics and murals like this with a naked woman.
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  • Sossusvlei. Namib coastal desert.
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  • Desert coastline near Panamerican highway north of Lima.
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  • Desert coastline near Panamerican highway north of Lima.
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  • “Zona del Silencio” is a desert with many meteorites, where radios and others electrical apparatus can suffer a total blackout, for local people caused by UFO.
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  • Shibam. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
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  • Desert coast near Luderitz.
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  • Wadi Sodom, a desert area near Dead sea's south end. Mt Sodom is the Biblical site of the city of Sodom, that God resolved to strike down for sexual promiscuity.
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  • Desert coastline near Panamerican highway north of Lima.
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  • Oil station in the desert between Shabwa and Wadi Hadramawt.
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  • Dead Sea. Ein Gedi Natural Reserve. The Ein Gedi oasis ha a long history. David fled here to escape king Saul as, later, Simon Bar Kokhba, leader of the second Jewish revolt (132--135 A.D.) against Roman empire.
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  • Dead Sea. Ein Gedi Natural Reserve. The Ein Gedi oasis ha a long history. David fled here to escape king Saul as, later, Simon Bar Kokhba, leader of the second Jewish revolt (132--135 A.D.) against Roman empire. Ibex.
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  • Dead Sea. Ein Gedi Natural Reserve. The Ein Gedi oasis ha a long history. David fled here to escape king Saul as, later, Simon Bar Kokhba, leader of the second Jewish revolt (132--135 A.D.) against Roman empire.
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  • Dead Sea. Ein Gedi Natural Reserve. The Ein Gedi oasis ha a long history. David fled here to escape king Saul as, later, Simon Bar Kokhba, leader of the second Jewish revolt (132--135 A.D.) against Roman empire.
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  • Dead Sea. Ein Gedi Natural Reserve. The Ein Gedi oasis ha a long history. David fled here to escape king Saul as, later, Simon Bar Kokhba, leader of the second Jewish revolt (132--135 A.D.) against Roman empire. Shulamit falls.
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  • Dead Sea. Ein Gedi Natural Reserve. The Ein Gedi oasis ha a long history. David fled here to escape king Saul as, later, Simon Bar Kokhba, leader of the second Jewish revolt (132--135 A.D.) against Roman empire. Shulamit falls.
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  • Dead Sea. Ein Gedi Natural Reserve. The Ein Gedi oasis ha a long history. David fled here to escape king Saul as, later, Simon Bar Kokhba, leader of the second Jewish revolt (132--135 A.D.) against Roman empire. The hyrax, a rare mammal rodent.
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  • Dead Sea. Ein Gedi Natural Reserve. The Ein Gedi oasis ha a long history. David fled here to escape king Saul as, later, Simon Bar Kokhba, leader of the second Jewish revolt (132--135 A.D.) against Roman empire. Shulamit falls.
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  • Quebrada di Humahuaca, the Quebrada (canyon) de las Señoritas near Uquia. The Quebrada de Humahuaca, a narrow mountain valley located in the province of Jujuy in northwest Argentina, it is about 155 kilometres long, bordered by the Altiplano in the west and north, by the Sub-Andean hills in the east, and by the warm valleys (Valles Templados) in the south. The name quebrada (literally "broken") translates as a deep valley or ravine. <br />
This region has always been a economic, social and cultural crossroad,  populated for 10,000 years. It was a caravan road for the Inca Empire in the 15th century, then an important link between the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and the Viceroyalty of Peru. The Quebrada de Humahuaca has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2 July 2003.
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  • Chakhmaq square. On the back some wintowers, or wind catchers, a traditional Iranian architectural element to create natural ventilation in buildings.
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  • Sossusvlei, is a huge ephemeral mountain chain of red dunes that reach up to 325m. The dunes are part of a 32.000 sq km sand sea and belong to one of the oldest and driest ecosystems on earth. The landscape changes as the light and wind alters constantly the dune shapes.
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  • Central Namibia, sand dunes along the road near Walvis Bay.
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  • Wadi Rum,the largest wadi in Jordan, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southwest Jordan. Wadi Rum has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times,  leaving their mark in the form of rock paintings, graffiti. Several Bedouin tribes inhabit the area.<br />
Wadi Rum is known also for its connection with British officer T. E. Lawrence, who based his operations here during the Arab Revolt of 1917–18.
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  • Isthmus of Tehuantepec, San Mateo del Mar. Huaves women walking on the top of sand dunes.
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  • Gondwana Canyon near Fish River Canyon. Canyon Lodge, in the colonial time a old German farm.
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  • Herodion, the man-made, flat mountain, one of the world finest exemples of preserved Roman architecture. Built as fortress and summer palace by king Herod the Great, is also the place where the king was buried. The tomb was discovered in  2007. The cisterns, a network of tunnels and water reservoir under the fortress.
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  • Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender.
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  • Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender.
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  • Masada. Herod the Great palace built on the rock of the north face of Masada. Under Herod the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender.
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  • Dead sea, the road connecting Ein Bokek to Jerusalem.
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  • Quebrada di Humahuaca, the Quebrada (canyon) de las Señoritas near Uquia. The Quebrada de Humahuaca, a narrow mountain valley located in the province of Jujuy in northwest Argentina, it is about 155 kilometres long, bordered by the Altiplano in the west and north, by the Sub-Andean hills in the east, and by the warm valleys (Valles Templados) in the south. The name quebrada (literally "broken") translates as a deep valley or ravine. <br />
This region has always been a economic, social and cultural crossroad,  populated for 10,000 years. It was a caravan road for the Inca Empire in the 15th century, then an important link between the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and the Viceroyalty of Peru. The Quebrada de Humahuaca has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2 July 2003.
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  • Chakhmaq square. On the back some windtowers, or wind catchers, a traditional Iranian architectural element to create natural ventilation in buildings.
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  • With its numerous badgirs (windtowers) rising above a labyrinth of adobe roofs, the historic old city of Yazd is one of the oldest towns on earth. Listed as a Unesco World Heritage site, it encompasses thousands of ancient dwellings, screened from the narrow kuches (lanes) by imposing mud walls.
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  • Bogheh-ye-Seyed Roknaddin. is the tomb of a important local man, with a beautiful tiled dome. on the back the Masjed-e Jameh mosque.
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  • Chakhmaq square. On the back some wintowers, or wind catchers, a traditional Iranian architectural element to create natural ventilation in buildings.
    em2902203.jpg
  • With its numerous badgirs (windtowers) rising above a labyrinth of adobe roofs, the historic old city of Yazd is one of the oldest towns on earth. Listed as a Unesco World Heritage site, it encompasses thousands of ancient dwellings, screened from the narrow kuches (lanes) by imposing mud walls.
    em2902083.jpg
  • With its numerous badgirs (windtowers) rising above a labyrinth of adobe roofs, the historic old city of Yazd is one of the oldest towns on earth. Listed as a Unesco World Heritage site, it encompasses thousands of ancient dwellings, screened from the narrow kuches (lanes) by imposing mud walls.
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  • Eugenie ship near the sand dunes of Nasser Lake between Aswan and Abu Simbel. Only few small cruise ships reach the  monuments of the Nubia, once a region rich in gold that was a necessary link between equatorial Africa and the Mediterranean civilisations. The Egypt's pharaohs build many temples in Nubia, the most grandiose expression is Abu Simbel built by Ramesses II.
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  • Martino  USA/ Arizona: Tucson, National Saguaro Park. Saguaro cactus grows slowly and they  are almost a hundred years old before they take on their typical many-armed appearance.
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  • Moptì, city at the confluence of the Niger and the Bani. Fishermen at sunset near the harbour on the river.
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  • Gondwana Canyon near Fish River Canyon.
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  • Fish River Canyon, which has been gouging the canyon for thousands of years, is one of the biggest of the world,160 km long and 27 wide. Nowhere in Africa exists something like this.
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  • Gondwana Canyon near Fish River Canyon. Canyon Lodge, in the colonial time a old German farm.
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  • Gondwana Canyon near Fish River Canyon.
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