Judaean Desert
other
desert in the southern Levant
Location: 31.7000, 35.3000
Who is recorded here
- Jesus retreat · AD 28
- Cyril of Scythopolis death · AD 558
- John the Baptist residence
What happened here
In art
About the place
The Judaean Desert or Judean Desert is a desert in the West Bank and Israel that stretches east of the ridge of the Judaean Mountains and in their rain shadow, so east of Jerusalem, and descends to the Dead Sea.
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