13/08/2016
Another one of the major historical site which you will see with us on our fixed Departures of Oct - Nov 2016
Mazel Tours is the only Travel agency which takes its pilgrims on Top of Mt of Temptation via Cable Car without any extra Charge.
The Mount of Temptation is said to be the hill in the Judean desert where Jesus was tempted by devil (Mathew 4:8).
Atop the mount is the Greek orthodox monastery of the temptation or “Qarantal”. Above Qarantal., on the top of the cliff , is a wall. That sits on the ruins of the Hasmonean (Later Herodian) fortress, Dok – Dagon. In 1998 a 1300 meters long cable car was built from Jericho’s Tel sultan to the level of the monastery by an Austrian – Swiss company as an tourist attraction for the year 2000 and as an alternative tourist destination for Masada. By christian tradition the sycamore tree on which Zacchaeus climbed can still be seen at Jericho, on the side of the main road crossing the city . it is one of the oldest and biggest sycamore trees don not create annual rings.
Clearer evidence from the days of Jesus at Jericho can be seen at the palace complex of King Herod South of The Biblical Mound (At “Tululel – Alaiq”)