Another beautiful shot of the Dead Sea.
This is the fortress of Masada, on top of this large plateau. Herod the Great built a palace here that was quite extravagant. In the first century about 1,000 Jews sought refuge here and eventually were conquered by the Romans resulting in a tragic ending.
Some of the storage rooms at Masada.
This is Ein Gedi, where David hid from Saul. There's a natural spring that creates a waterfall. Read the story in 1 Samuel 24.
Qumron is the location of the caves where the Dead Sea scrolls were found in 1947. Most of them were found in this cave pictured here. The scrolls were written between 200 B.C. and about 700 B.C. They contain the entire Old Testament with the exception of the book of Esther. The discovery of the scrolls in the last century has proven the accuracy of God's Word after thousands of years.
We left the Dead Sea area and headed for Jerusalem!
Traveling through the city, notice the gold dome in the background that sits on top of the Temple Mount.
The original walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.
