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Medinet Habu

Counting tongues at Medinet Habu, Medinet Habu colonnade, Medinet Habu colored columns...[Bible Places]...

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Caesarea Philippi

Situated 25 miles north of the Sea of Galilee and at the base of Mt. Hermon, Caesarea Philippi is the location of one of the largest springs feeding the Jordan River. This abundant water supply has made the area very fertile and attractive for religious worship. Numerous temples were built at this city in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. [Bible...

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Mount of Beatitudes

The so-called "Sermon on the Mount" is recorded in Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6. The alleged discrepancy between Matthew's version being on a hill and Luke's being on a level place is easily reconciled with observation of many level places on the Galilean hillsides. Scripture gives no indication of the exact location of this event, but the Byzantines bui...

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Megiddo

Inhabited from the Chalcolithic period, Megiddo has approximately 26 levels of occupation. American excavators from the Oriental Institute worked from 1925 with the ambitious goal of excavating every level in its entirety. The made it through the first three levels before concentrating the work on certain areas. [Bible Places]...

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Cardo

A 6th c. church floor in Medeba, Jordan has a mosaic map of the land of Israel with numerous place names in Greek. The center of the map is an open-faced depiction of Jerusalem with the city walls, gates, churches (with red roofs), and the Cardo. This main street of the city is depicted with two rows of colonnades running the length of the city f...

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Gerasa

Gerasa architrave stones, Gerasa Cardo from theater, Gerasa Cardo manhole ...[Bible Places]...

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Abu Simbel

Abu Simbel temples on edge of Lake Nasser, Abu Simbel temples on edge of Lake Nasser, Queen Nefertiti temple on edge of Lake Nasser...[Bible Places]...

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Philae Island

Philae Island, now submerged, Philae outer temple court and first pylon, Philae outer temple court to south...[Bible Places]...

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Capernaum

In existence from the 2nd c. B.C. to the 7th c. A.D., Capernaum was built along the edge of the Sea of Galilee and had up to 1500 residents. Today the ruins are owned by two churches: the Franciscans control the western portion with the synagogue and the Greek Orthodox's property is marked by the white church with red domes. [Bible Places]...

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Nazareth

Situated inside a bowl atop the Nazareth ridge north of the Jezreel valley, Nazareth was a relatively isolated village in the time of Jesus with a population less than two hundred. Today Nazareth is home to more than 60,000 Israeli Arabs, and Upper Nazareth is home to thousands more Jewish residents. [Bible Places]...

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