The "Ammoniate wall" at the "Ramon" crater
In the southern part of the "Ramon" crater (Near the town of Mitzpe Ramon) - a rocky hill as known as the "Ammoniate wall" contains fossils of ammonites - marine creatures that lived millions of years ago in the sea that covered the entire Negev.
Ammonites had eight arms and an exoskeleton. When they died, they sank to the bottom of the sea, their exoskeleton filled with mud, and over time petrified and turned into a rock that preserves the shape of the ammonite. Fossils are a protected natural value and must not be collected.
This clip is from yesterday's traveling there.
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The Qumran caves near the Dead Sea, Israel
The Qumran caves are an archaeological site located on the northwestern side of the Dead Sea, next to the Kalia beach and the kibbutz carrying the same name.
The caves served as a residence for a Jewish settlement of an estimated 100 – 150 personals mainly young single men, of believed to be the Judean Desert sect during the period of about 150 BC till approximately the year 68 AD, 2 years before the 2nd Temple destruction and 5 years till the last Jewish front hold of Masada rebel crushed by the Romans.
The Qumran caves are famous for finding the “Dead Sea Scrolls.”
These scrolls are mostly made of leather and written in 2nd Temple period Hebrew letters that a Hebrew speaker nowadays will be able to read and comprehend.
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Sunrise - Masada and the Dead Sea