A desert city: 2000 years old air conditioned housing, self cleaning streets, roof tops and patios, in house water supply, vineyards, barley fields and again, desert land...This is the phenomina of Shivta. Judging by the homes and community service facilities, this was a rich and spiritual group of people... Professor Michael Even Ary established a fruit garden north of Shivta, in research of the Nabati water harvesting and irrigation technology. Today, the JNF are in his footsteps..