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The Negev (/ ˈ n ɛ ɡ ɛ v / NEG-ev; Hebrew: הַנֶּגֶב, romanized: hanNégev) or Negeb, Arabic: النقب, romanized: an-Naqab, is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. 214,162), in the north.
The Roman province "Palaestina Salutaris" In accordance with the population distribution, both the Romans [16] [17] and the early Arabs [18] organized the region territorially in such a way that the Negev was not grouped with Palestine, but rather with the rest of the Sinai Peninsula and parts of what is now southwestern Jordan and the northwestern Hejaz.
The Negev region, situated in the southern part of present-day Israel, has a long and varied history that spans thousands of years.Despite being predominantly a semi-desert or desert, it has historically almost continually been used as farmland, pastureland, and an economically significant transit area.
The Negev Bedouin (Arabic: بدْو النقب, Badwu an-Naqab; Hebrew: הבדואים בנגב , HaBedu'im BaNegev) are traditionally pastoral nomadic Arab tribes (), while some are of Sub-Saharan African descent, [7] who until the later part of the 19th century would wander between Hijaz in the east and the Sinai Peninsula in the west. [8]
The Artists House of the Negev, in a Mandate-era building, showcases artwork connected in some way to the Negev. [130] The Negev Museum of Art reopened in 2004 in the Ottoman Governor's House, and an art and media center for young people was established in the Old City. In 2009, a new tourist and information center, Gateway to the Negev, was built.
The end of the incense route in the Negev Region of Israel, which included towns, forts, caravanserai and the irrigation system in desertic areas with links to the Mediterranean, has been inscribed as a cultural heritage site of the UNESCO's World Heritage List under Criteria (iii) as confirmation of the economic, social and cultural importance ...
Pages in category "Negev" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
A bridge across HaBesor Stream, Western Negev. Nahal Besor has shown evidence of epipaleolithic sites above paleolithic sediments. [ 13 ] Several archaeological sites were excavated by Eann Macdonald in 1929 to 1930 along the Wadi Ghazzeh in lower Nahal Besor that show signs of specialist flint production.