Rosh ha Nikra

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Uploaded by on Mar 8, 2009

The pictures from this clip were taken last year, in our Israeli trip.

The book of Joshua (13:6) mentions "Misraphot Mayim" south of Rosh Hanikra, as the border of the Israelite tribes during the 14 -13 centuries BCE. Jewish sages referred to the cliff as "The Ladder of Tire." The Muslim conquerors renamed the area A-Nawakir (the grottoes). The present name, Rosh Hanikra, is a hebraicized version of the Arabic Ras-A-Nakura.
In ancient times, Rosh Hanikra was along the trade route between the northern civilizations in Lebanon and Syria and the southern ones in Palestine, Egypt and North Africa. The place was then known as "the Ladders of Tyre." It has been the gateway in and out of Palestine since ancient times. In 333 Alexander the Great entered the Land of Israel through Rosh Hanikra, and is believed to have led his Greek army through a tunnel his forces dug in these cliffs.

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  • Thanks "prieteni"

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  • perfect world. it is our fault not to notice it and to blame this miraculous world for our mistakes. we are human(s). life, world, nature isn't. they are just perfect!

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  • Nice pictures, Sonia!

  • f frumos...mi s-a facut si mai mult dor de mare..

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