Rumex vesicarius, Sorrel, Bladder dock, Rosy dock, Ruby dock, חומעה משלחפת Scientific name: Rumex vesicarius L. Synonym name: Acetosa vesicaria (L.)Á.Löve Common name: Sorrel, Bladder dock, Rosy dock, Ruby dock Hebrew name: חומעה משלחפת Family: Polygonaceae, Buckwheat family, ארכוביתיים Location: Arava Life form: Therophyte, annual Leaves: Alternate, entire, […]
Choose Gallery: White | Cream | Yellow | Orange | Red | Purple | Pink | Lilach | Violet | Dark blue | Light blue | Green | Brown | Membranous | No Flowers | No petals The Pink Wildflowers gallery Page 4 out of 4 Page, 1 (A-C), 2 (C-H), 3 (H-P), 4 (R-Z), Click on the thumbnails to view the plant pages
Taxodium distichum, Bald cypress, Swamp cypress, Hebrew: טקסודיון דו-טורי, Arabic: تاكسوديم Pictures taken at Weizman Insitute, Rehovot, an institution of scientific learning with the most beautiful campus. The site is landscaped with interesting and unusual vegetation, green lawns, bushes, trees and foothpaths shaded by trees from all parts of the globe, and the Taxodium distichum, […]
Bromus sterilis, Anisantha sterilis,Genea sterilis, Barren brome, Poverty brome, Sterile brome, Hebrew: ברומית עקרה, Arabic: شويعرة عقيمة Scientific name: Bromus sterilis L. Synonym name: Anisantha sterilis (L.) Nevski, Genea sterilis (L.) Dumort. Common name: barren brome, poverty brome, sterile brome Hebrew name: ברומית עקרה Arabic name: شويعرة عقيمة Family: […]
Valley of Josaphat, Jerusalem.According to a Jewish tradition this is the tomb of the priest Zechariah Ben Jehoiada (Book of Chronicles).The pyramid-topped ‘Tomb of Zechariah’ is actually the aboveground monument of the adjacent ‘Tomb of Bnei Hezir’.
Migdal haShaon Yafo.The Clock Tower was built in the beginning of the 20th century to celebrate the silver jubilee of the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abd al-Hamid the II (1842-1918).The Tower stands at the northern entrance of Jaffa (Yefet street).
The Cardo was built in the reign of Emperor Justinian (527-565).The Cardo, running north to south, was the main street of Aelia Capitolina, the Roman and Byzantine city and is depicted in the Madaba map(6th century map discovered in 1896 in the floor of a Byzantine church in the Jordanian city of Madaba).
Ma’ayan Harod (the Harod Spring), the Fountain of Ain Jelud (Ayn Jalut). Ma’ayan Harod bubbles up from Gideon’s cave. The spring of Harod is the westernmost spring of a group of springs flowing into the Beth Shean valley. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) in his book “The Innocents Abroad” (published in 1869, Chapter 51) wrote: We […]
The Knesset Menorah (Menorat HaKnesset).Located at Gan Havradim (Rose Garden) in front of the Knesset (The Israeli parliament).The Menorah is the work of Beno Belkan, a British sculptor.It is made of bronze and 5 meters high and 4 meters wide.On each of the seven branches is a relief depicting events and personages from the history […]
Qumran is the site of an ancient settlement on the northwestern Dead Sea shore. Its name is now firmly associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls – one of the most valuable archaeological finds ever. In 1947, a Bedouin shepherd boy accidentally came across a clay jar in a cave that contained seven parchment scrolls. He […]
Avdat, also known as Ovdat or Obodat was an important historic city on the Incense Route between the 7th and the 1st centuries BCE.
The German Colony is a neighborhood in Jerusalem, established in the second half of the 19th century by members of the German Temple Society (Wikipedia).
The Twelve Mosaics are situated around the fountain in front of the Old City Hall, Bialik Street 27.The mosaics tell us the history of Tel Aviv-Jaffa throughout the ages. They are the work of Nahum Gutman 1. The Greek legend about Andromeda saved from the monster by Perseus. (The rock of Andromeda in Jaffa) 2. […]
Greek Orthodox monastery in south Jerusalem. The sixth-century Mar Elias Monastery named after Elijah.
