Israel Heritage Sites Gallery

Bahai temple and gardens, Haifa, Israel

BahA?'A? World Centre in Haifa, the spiritual and administrative centre of the BahA?'A? Faith. The Terraces of the BahA?'A? Faith, or Hanging Gardens of Haifa. In the foreground, the Baha'i Eagle. In the center, the golden-domed Shrine of the BA?b (Ali Muhammad Shirazi), the Prophet of the BahA?'i Faith. The terraces represent the first 18 disciples of the BA?b with 9 concentric circles from each side providing the main geometry of the 18 terraces conceived as generated from the Shrine of the BA?b. The 18 terraces plus the one terrace of the Shrine make 19 terraces, a significant number within both the BahA?'A? and BA?bA? religions. A Unesco World Heritage site. Architect: Fariborz Sahba from Iran

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Avshalom Stalactite cave, Beit Shemesh, Israel

Avshalom Stalactite Cave Nature Reserve (also called Soreq Cave). This 82-meter-long, 60-meter-wide cave is on the western slopes of the Judean Hills outside the city of Beit Shemesh, Israel. Sorek Cave is famous for its beautiful formations. Stalactites and stalagmites, but also many other forms of speleothems, especially calcite crystals, helictites and cave coral

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One-month-old lion cubs lie together at the Ramat Gan Safari

Three one-month-old female African lion cubs lie together at the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv February 21, 2010. The birth of the three female cubs eased concerns about the balance of the lion group at the safari after most of the previous cubs born were male, a statement from Ramat Gan Safari said on Sunday. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)