The Cisterns Land of Judean Desert
- Post by Gili
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One of the most amazing things one can find while traveling across the desert here are the water cisterns. As there are little rains - few tens of mm (or few inches) a year - the ancient inhabitants of the area learned to collect rain water to support their life in the desert.
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Entering inside what once was the water reservoir of the desert people.
Although they are all around - they are very easy to miss. In fact, at the surface, one can see just a round hole in the ground. A more experienced eye will also see the little water canals leading to it and the white pile of what used to be the chalk stone that was dag out.