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  2. Herodium - Wikipedia

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    The Palestinian village of Al Orentellah is within the confines of the national park. In February 2013 an exhibit dedicated to Herod at the Israel Museum featured finds from among some 30 tons of material transferred from the Herodium site back into Israel. [28]

  3. Cable cars in Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] [5] The project was code names "Derech Avshalom". The cable car was used regularly for about six months, until the armistice agreements were signed. After that, the cable car was a military secret, and remained usable until the Six Day War, when it became redundant with the unification of the two parts of the city.

  4. Transport in Israel - Wikipedia

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    There are six tourist and leisure oriented cable car systems in Israel. These include the cable car in Haifa connecting Bat Galim on the coast to the Stella Maris observation deck and monastery atop Mount Carmel., [24] the cable car in Kiryat Shmona, linking it to Menara 400 meters above the town, the chairlifts and cable cars in the Mount ...

  5. List of aerial tramways - Wikipedia

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    Digha cable car is built by Damodar Ropeways & Infra Ltd, (DRIL) in 2015 is within the premises of Amrabati Park and traverses the lake and park. Namchi - Sikkim - This 2.75 km long cable car was built on a difficult terrain by Damodar Ropeways & Infra Ltd, (DRIL) towards the dual aim of providing eco-friendly and energy efficient system of ...

  6. List of gondola lifts - Wikipedia

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    Kanin Cable Car in Bovec is the longest gondola lift in Slovenia. It takes skiers from the Bovec valley (436 m) to the central part of the ski slopes (2,200 m). Vogel Cable Car in Bohinj; Velika Planina Cable Car in Kamniška Bistrica valley (supposedly longest unsupported cable car in Europe)

  7. Aerial tramway - Wikipedia

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    An aerial tramway consists of one or two fixed cables (called track cables), one loop of cable (called a haulage rope), and one or two passenger or cargo cabins.The fixed cables provide support for the cabins while the haulage rope, by means of a grip, is solidly connected to the truck (the wheel set that rolls on the track cables).

  8. Ehud Netzer - Wikipedia

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    Ehud Netzer (Hebrew: אהוד נצר 13 May 1934 – 28 October 2010 [1]) was an Israeli architect, archaeologist and educator, known for his extensive excavations at Herodium, where in 2007 he found the tomb of Herod the Great; [2] and the discovery of a structure defined by Netzer as a synagogue, which if true would be the oldest one ever found (the "Wadi Qelt Synagogue").

  9. Aerial lift - Wikipedia

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    An aerial lift, [1] also known as a cable car or ropeway, is a means of cable transport in which cabins, cars, gondolas, or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more cables. Aerial lift systems are frequently employed in a mountainous territory where roads are relatively difficult to build and use, and have seen extensive ...