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Maale Akrabim

Maale Akrabim (the Scorpions’ Ascent) is a switchback road climbing the Negev escarpment, used since antiquity as part of the spice route. The British Mandate authorities rebuilt it for vehicles. Discussed here as part of a day in the Negev mountains.

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Fossilised / Petrified trees in the Large Crater (HaMakhtesh HaGadol)
South · Negev

Campus Negev Day 1: The Negev Mountains

Day one of the Negev campus. We trace the peaks of the Negev mountains, from Yerucham Park to the Large Makhtesh with its fossilised trees, and on to Ein Yorkeam and the Scorpions' Ascent.

Mar 2014 · 3 minute read
The Yerucham Dam View over the Large Crater (HaMakhtesh HaGadol) from Mt Avnon Fossilised / Petrified trees in the Large Crater (HaMakhtesh HaGadol) Ein Yorkeam oasis View from the top of the Scorpions' Ascent
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