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Antipatris in Wikipedia

Antipatris, one of two places known as Tel Afek, was a city built by Herod the Great, and named in honour of his father, Antipater II of Judea. It lay between Caesarea Maritima and Lydda, two miles inland, on the great Roman road from Caesarea to Jerusalem. Tel Afek served as a fortress and major strategic points in battles between the Egyptia...

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Arbel in Wikipedia

Arbel (Hebrew: אַרְבֵּל‎) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on Mount Arbel next to the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lower Galilee Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 364. Arbel was established in 1949 by demobilized soldiers on the lands of the depopulated Palestinian Arab village of Hittin...

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Valley of Elah

The traditional location of the famous battle between David and Goliath. 1 Samuel 17:1-11 1 Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and encamped in the valley of Elah, ...

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Tell Abu Hawam in ArchaeoWiki

Tell Abu Hawam is an important archaeological site that represents the remains of a diverse settlement site and trading entrepôt of the Late Bronze Age period, located just north of the Carmel Ridge on the Akko Plain in present-day Israel....

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Yad Hashmonah

The community of Yad Hashmonah in the western Judean Mountains, with its hands-on display of ancient farming techniques, burial cave, synagogue and more, can truly be said to have the Bible in its backyard. Yad Hashmonah was founded in 1971 by Finnish Christians who first made their living as carpenters. Its name means "memorial to the eight...

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Abu Ghosh in Wikipedia

Abu Ghosh (Arabic: أبو غوش‎; Hebrew: אבו גוש‎) is an Arab town in Israel, located 10 kilometers (6 mi) west of Jerusalem on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway. It situated 610–720 meters above sea level. Having taken a neutral stance in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Abu Ghosh is known for its positive relations with the Jewish community. In Israel, A...

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Acre in Wikipedia

Acre (Hebrew: עַכּוֹ‎, Akko; Arabic: عكّا‎, ʻAkkā),[1] is a city in the Western Galilee region of northern Israel and is situated on a low promontory at the northern extremity of Haifa Bay. Acre is one of the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the country and historically, was regarded as a strategic coastal link to the Levant. Acre is the...

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Mary`s Tomb

The Tomb of Mary, the mother of Jesus, is marked by one of Jerusalem`s most venerable churches, located in the Kidron Valley, which the at the foot of the Mount of Olives near the Garden of Gethsemane. Christians built the first house of prayer here 1,500 years ago over a stone crypt visitors can still see. By Crusader times the church had b...

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Mukhraka - The Place of Elijah’s Contest on Carmel

They say once you`ve read the Bible where its events actually happened, you`ll never be the same. Nowhere is this truer than on Mount Carmel, at Mukhraka, which means "burned place," where Elijah faced off against the prophets of Baal and God sent down fire from Heaven. (I Kings 18:17-46). From the Carmeli​te Monastery roof or along Carmel`s...

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Domus Galilaeae

Visitors who enter the Domus Galilaeae center, atop the Mount of Beatitudes overlooking the Sea of Galilee, can immediately feel the power of the inscription in the bright and airy lobby: "The Lord was waiting for you on this mountain." Domus Galilaeae was founded by the Neo-Catechumenal Way, a movement established in the 1960s to lead peopl...

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