Beer Sheva

A large city in the center of the Beer Sheva valley, also called the Capital of the Negev. It was named after the ancient city which existed in the same place and which was called Beer Sheva due to the covenant made there between Abraham and Abimelech. Beer Sheva was conquered by the I.D.F in 1948 and rapidly developed into a center of industry and commerce, administration and services as well as the main junction serving the whole of the Negev.

City of the Patriachs, Beer Sheva is first mentioned in a description of the wanderings of our forefathers. In its vicinity remnants of ancient settlements from the Chalcolithic period were found.