These caves are named for the ancient settlement just below. They're located in the Judean Desert, about a mile from the Dead Sea and about an hour's drive from Jerusalem. In 1947, a local Bedouin boy found a cache of ancient scrolls in one of the caves while searching for a wayward goat. Subsequent ... Read More »
Name that Country Quiz
Name That City!
Only fifty years ago, this gleaming metropolis was a low-rise village on the edge of the Arabian Desert. Most people lived as their ancestors had done, scrapping a meager living from the sea and inland oases. Then came oil, independence and unity. Oil was discovered in 1958, independence from ... Read More »
