Ancient Israel

Valley of Jezreel

A Slide Show. The Jezreel Valley stands between two mountain ranges, those of Galilee in the north and Samaria in the south. Today, several cities stand in this strategic area....

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Tel Yaqush

An early Bronze Age village, occupied continuously for nearly 1,000 years, excavated by the Oriental Institute....

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Tel Miqne-Ekron

A joint project of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research and others, excavations at one of the Philistine Pentapolis, during Iron Age I and II periods....

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The Temple Mount

In Jerusalem, Leen Ritmeyer relates his discoveries of the 500 cubit square Temple Mount, built by King Hezekiah, the location of Solomon's Temple....

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Israel

A simple political map, comprehensive data, and flag from the CIA World Factbook. [maps]...

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Sacred Geometry

Unlocking the Secret of the Temple Mount. An article in Biblical Archaeology Review by David Jacobson, comparing Ritmeyer and Kaufman`s ideas about the location of the Temple Mount to his own....

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National Geographic All Kinds of Maps

A great overview map from the National Geographic Society. The World 2000 map is special edition two-sided folded map that shows world as we know it today on one side and the world as it was known over 1,000 years ago. [maps]...

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Banias (Palace-The Synagogue)

Banias. Banias - the Synagogue-Mosque building, general view....

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The Crucified Man from Jerusalem (Heel Bone)

Among the collected bones in a stone ossuary in a Jerusalem burial cave dated to the late Second Temple period (first century BCE - first century CE), a unique find was made - a small piece of wood with an attached heelbone fragment. The bones in the ossuary were identified as those of a young man aged 24-28, whose name was scratched on the ossuary...

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Banias (Palace-General) Temple of Pan video

Banias. Banias - general view of Agrippa's II palace....

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