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Medeba Map

Dead Sea area, Jerusalem and Dead Sea, Jerusalem area... [Bible Places]...

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Jebel Musa

Church of the Holy Trinity atop Jebel Musa, Elijah's Hollow from above, Elijah's Hollow with Jebel Musa behind...[Bible Places]...

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Philippi

Philippi apparently had only a small number of Jewish inhabitants and no synagogue. Consequently Shabbat worship was held outside the city on the Gangitis River. Here Paul met a group of women to whom he preached the gospel. Lydia, a merchant trading purple cloth, believed Paul's message and was baptized with members of her household. Subsequently ...

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Gamla

Known sometimes as the "Masada of the North," Gamla is most famous for its strong defense against the Romans in the Jewish Revolt in 66 A.D. The site is bordered on all sides by deep wadis of the Golan Heights and is approachable by only one footpath from the northeast. The earliest settlement was in the Early Bronze Age and the site was reinhabite...

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Khirbet el-Maqatir

One mile due west of traditional Ai (et-Tell) is Kh. el-Maqatir, an alternate location for Ai. Its location fits the approximate area one would expect to find the city that Joshua destroyed in the Conquest. Furthermore, the absence of any evidence of inhabitation at et-Tell should compel the honest historian to look elsewhere for Ai.[Bible Places]...

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Shiloh

The portable shrine that Moses built in the wilderness was stationed at Shiloh from the time of the Conquest until the city's apparent destruction by the Philistines in 1104 B.C. Psalm 78:60 (NIV) "He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among men." [Bible Places]...

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Jewish Quarter

The southeast corner of the Old City, the Jewish Quarter occupies about 15 acres and has been inhabited by Jews for centuries. Following the capture of the Old City by the Arabs in 1948, all Jews were expelled and their buildings destroyed. When Israel regained the Old City in 1967 work began to reconstruct the quarter and today hundreds of people ...

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Masada

160 feet above sea level and 1307 feet above Dead Sea. 1950 feet long, 650 feet wide at widest place, 4250 feet in circumference. Snake path climb: 900 feet. From west, difference in height is 225 feet. [Bible Places]...

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Medeba Plateau

Mt Nebo church, Mt Nebo looking at Jordan Rift, Mt Nebo looking northwest at Jordan Rift...[Bible Places]...

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Karnak Temple

Bird in Botanical Garden of Thutmose III, Botanical Garden of Thutmose III, Botanical Garden of Thutmose III...[Bible Places]...

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