Kibbutz Ein Gedi has an internationally acclaimed botanical garden with over 900 species of plants from around the world.
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This museum tells the history of the settlements in the area in the years leading up to the war of independence.
Masada, the fortress at the Dead Sea, was the site of King Herod’s palaces built as a refuge. Later on, the fortress was used by the Zealots during the first Jewish Revolt against the Romans. The suicide pact, as told by Josephus Flavius, is also recounted here.
The Herodium fortress, built by Herod the Great, is now a national park.
