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The Negev (/ ˈ n ɛ ɡ ɛ v / NEG-ev; Hebrew: הַנֶּגֶב, romanized: hanNégev) or Negeb (Arabic: النقب, romanized: an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. 214,162), in the north.
The Negev region, situated in the southern part of present-day Israel, has a long and varied history that spans thousands of years.Despite being predominantly a semi-desert or desert, it has historically almost continually been used as farmland, pastureland, and an economically significant transit area.
Map of Makhtesh Ramon. Makhtesh Ramon (Hebrew: מכתש רמון; lit. Ramon Crater/Makhtesh; Arabic: وادي الرمان; lit. The Ruman Wadi) is a geological feature of Israel's Negev desert. Located some 85 km south of Beersheba, the landform is the world's largest "erosion cirque" (steephead valley or box canyon). The formation is 40 km ...
The Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev site comprises the Negev, southern Israel, which connected Arabia to the Mediterranean in the Hellenistic-Roman period. During the period from 300 BC to 200 AD, four towns which prospered in the Negev Desert were Avdat, Haluza, Mamshit, and Shivta.
Shivta was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2005, as part of the Incense Route and the Desert Cities of the Negev, together with Haluza/Elusa, Avdat and Mamshit/Mampsis. [4] [5] The name Shivta is a modern Hebraization, given by the Negev Naming Committee in the early 1950s. [6] [1] The Greek name Sobata was mentioned in the ...
Southern District: the Negev: Masada National Park: Southern District: Judean Desert and the Dead Sea: Mount Carmel National Park: Northern District: Mount Carmel: Ramon Park at Makhtesh Ramon (nature reserve with archaeological sites) Southern District: the Negev: Ben-Gurion's Tomb National Park at Midreshet Ben-Gurion near Sde Boker [9]
Negev Mountains is a mountainous area in the north-western part of the Negev desert, in Israel. Mount Ramon is the summit of Negev Mountains and the highest point in southern Israel, reaching 1,037 metres (3,402 ft). Most of the area belongs to Negev Mountains Nature Reserve, the largest reserve in Israel.
1908 map of the Bedouin tribes Tel Arad inhabited since 4000 BCE. Historically, the Bedouin engaged in nomadic herding, agriculture and sometimes fishing. They also earned income by transporting goods and people [30] across the desert. [31] Scarcity of water and of permanent pastoral land required them to move constantly.