ESSENTIAL BIBLE DICTIONARY - Saint Mary's Press

Holy Land GuideThis is a fragment of a frescoin the Northern Palace ofHerod the Great, at Masada.Notice how it is painted toimitate marble. Masada was afortress built at the top of a1,300-foot-tall rock.This is a view of the Sinai desert; noticehow it is more rocks than sand. The structurein the center may be an ancient burial tomb.Underwater plants and fish of the RedSea are viewed in an observation tube.The tube was built into the sea to allowobservation of aquatic life in its naturalsetting.This olive tree is growing in a grove of olivetrees. Olives were used for food and were alsopressed to make olive oil.Figs are growing on a branch of a figtree in July. The fruit will be ready toeat in a few weeks.