Most of the southern Israel Negev desert occupies. As for tradition, and according to archaeologists, it is with this place was born the future of the Jewish State, this place is usually called "cradle of the Jewish people."
On the hill of Beersheba are the ruins of the ancient city, the first Jewish settlements that have preserved the memory of the life of the biblical era. This place is unique in that few places in Jerusalem and throughout the world, so clearly preserved map of the city, so visible differences between residential and office buildings.
The city is also called the "well of seven, the number of wells that supply the dry Beer-Sheva water. Under the ground there are some reservoirs that fill with water specific channels and streams. According to the Bible to give the name associated with the talk of Abraham and Abimelech, which took place at the ancient well, a place of their oath (which is now called "The Well of Abraham") - so literally a city made to translate as "The Pit Oath."
Travelers can visit the ruins of the old city, all seven wells, with each involving its own ancient history, unique city gates, numbering several hundred years, modern museums - the Museum of Zoology, Museum of Arts and Science. You should definitely walk through the desert to see the unusual nature of this area - with the desert oasis, the ruins of ancient settlements of the biblical times and the era of Turkish rule, Hebron mountains and mountains of the northern Negev, encircling an oasis of Be'er Sheva!
