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The History of Israel
The Dome Of The Rock
The Dome of the Rock is a 7th-century edifice located in Jerusalem.
It enshrines the rock from which Muhammad is said to have ascended to heaven.
Being the first domed shrine to be built, the Dome of the Rock is a masterpiece of Islamic architecture.
The octagonal plan and the rotunda dome of wood are of Byzantine design. The Persian tiles on the exterior and the marble slabs that decorate the interior were added by Suleiman I in 1561.
Qumran
The Western (Wailing) Wall
The Religion Of Israel
Judaism is the religion of the majority of citizens and according to the country's Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2005 the population was 76.1% Jewish, 16.2% Muslim, 2.1% Christian, and 1.6% Druze, with the remaining 3.9% not classified by religion.
There are many important religious historical landmarks in Israel; many of which we will discover through our trip.
Bethlehem - Birthplace Of Jesus
The Via Dolorosa
The Church Of The Annuniciation
The Culture Of Israel
Israel Museum
The Israel Museum was founded in 1965 as Israel's National Museum. It is situated on a hill in the Givat Ram neighbourhood of Jerusalem, near the Bible Lands Museum, the Knesset, the Israeli Supreme Court, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Among the unique objects on display is a carved female figurine considered the oldest artwork in the world; the interior of a 1736 synagogue from Suriname
The Shrine of the Book houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest biblical manuscripts in the world, as well as rare early medieval biblical manuscripts. The scrolls were discovered in 1947–56 in 11 caves in and around the Wadi Qumran. An elaborate planning process of seven years led to the building's eventual construction in 1965 which was funded by the family of David Samuel Gottesman, the Hungarian émigré, the philanthropist who had purchased the scrolls as a gift to the State of Israel.
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, established in 1953 through the Yad Vashem Law passed by the Knesset, Israel's parliament.
The Hall of Names is a memorial to the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. The main hall is composed of two cones: one ten meters high, with a reciprocal well-like cone excavated into the underground rock, its base filled with water. On the upper cone is a display featuring 600 photographs of Holocaust victims and fragments of Pages of Testimony. These are reflected in the water at the bottom of the lower cone, commemorating those victims whose names remain unknown. Surrounding the platform is the circular repository, housing the approximately 2.2 million Pages of Testimony collected to date, with empty spaces for those yet to be submitted. Since the 1950s, Yad Vashem has collected approximately 110,000 audio, video and written testimonies by Holocaust survivors. As the survivors age, the program has expanded to visiting survivors in their homes to tape interviews. Adjoining the hall is a study area with a computerized data bank where visitors can do online searches for the names of Holocaust victims.
Siebenberg House
Siebenberg House is a museum below a house on 5 Beit HaShoeva Alley in the Old City of Jerusalem
Theo and Miriam Siebenberg bought the house in 1970 and Theo was convinced that it was built over significant archaeological remains. But archaeologists were skeptical, so he conducted and financed the excavations himself.
The excavations carried out underneath the Siebenberg home in the course of 18 years have revealed remains of ancient dwellings, rooms cut from rock, Mikvah's (ritual baths) aqueducts, a huge cistern and burial vaults, reaching back 3,000 years to the days of King Solomon and the first temple period, as well as of the Second Temple, and Byzantine periods. It also shows rare artifacts, including pottery, glass, mosaics, coins, jars and weapons.
Your Itinerary
- Monday - 9:00-12:30 = The Dome of The Rock - 1:00-4:30 = Yad Vashem
- Tuesday - 9:00-12:30 = Bethlehem - 1:00-4:30 = Qumran
- Wednesday - 9:00-12:30 = Israel Museum - 1:00-4:30 = The Church of The Annunciation
- Thursday - 9:00-12:30 = The Wailing Wall - 1:00-4:30 = Siebenberg House
- Friday - 9:00-12:30 = The Via Dolorosa
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