The Tombs of the Patriarchs in Hebron, West Bank, is a shrine complex built mainly under Herod (1st cent. BC) with additions by the Crusaders (12th century AD). It centers around the Cave of Machpelah, an ancient double cave revered since at least 1000 BC as the burial site of the Hebrew patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their wives. IDF soldier inside the Mosque, Cenotaph of Isaac in the background. Hebron, Palestine, 2012.

The Judean Desert is an array of hills and canyons, falling from the heights of around 1,000 meters in the Judean Mountains, to the Dead Sea which is, at 421 meters below sea level, the lowest place on earth. Dead Sea, Israel/palestine, 2012.

Butchers, Hebron, Palestine, 2012.