We went to the Nagev Desert! Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are from here. We started at a Bedouin weaving factory. The women showed us how they make yarn and weave blankets. They gave us a drink that had lots of herbs in it. It was really strong, but thankfully Nick finished my drink for me. It felt like "The Other Side of Heaven" when they give him the gross drink but he doesn't want to offend the people so he acts like it tastes good.
We then visited Beersheba. Abraham left Beersheba to sacrifice Isaac at Mt. Moriah (Mt. Moriah is where Dome of the Rock and the temple mount are now located). In this picture you can see the ruins of a government city around his time. It was amazing to see the rooms and layout of everything! (Notice how green it is. . . winter is the rainy season. In summer this will be a brown desert)
The people built a huge water system deep into the hill to bring water into the city. We walked down the well and into huge caves underground!
The next site was Tel Arad. A tel is basically the ruins of an ancient city. This tel was of a Caananite city and a satelitte temple. Jerusalem was the main temple, but other areas had smaller temples. This city was from 3,000 BC!!
We saw the Holy of Holies for this temple. The temple was decommissioned by the Romans and buried, but archaeologists found and uncovered it.
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