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Mary's Well in Wikipedia

Mary’s Well (Arabic: عين العذراء, Ain il-'adra‎, or "The spring of the Virgin Mary") is reputed to be located at the site where the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and announced that she would bear the Son of God - an event known as the Annunciation. Found just below the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in modern-day Nazareth, the well wa...

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Mary’s Tomb in Wikipedia

Mary's Tomb is a tomb located in the Kidron Valley, on the foothills of Mount of Olives, near the Church of All Nations and Gethsemane garden, originally just outside Jerusalem. It is regarded as the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus by most Eastern Christians (many of whom refer to her as Theotokos)[1][2], in contradistinction to the H...

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Mount of Beatitudes in Wikipedia

The Mount of Beatitudes refers to the hill in northern Israel where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount. Location -- The traditional location for the Mount of Beatitudes is on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, between Capernaum and Gennesaret (Ginosar). The actual location of the Sermon on the Mount is not certain, but the pres...

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Valley of Elah in Wikipedia

The Valley of Elah, "the valley of the oak or terebinth" [1] (Hebrew: עמק האלה‎ Emek HaElah) (Arabic Wadi es-Sunt), best known as the place described in the Bible where the Israelites were encamped when David fought Goliath (1 Sam. 17:2, 19). It was near Azekah and Socho (17:1). On the west side of the valley, near Socho, there is a very large...

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Qubeiba in Wikipedia

al-Qubayba (also: Qubeiba, Arabic: القبيبة‎) was a Palestinian village, located 24 kilometers northwest of Hebron. History Known in Crusader times as Deirelcobebe, the ruins of the ancient Canaanite city of Lachish lay adjacent to the village,[4] which was subject to extensive archaeological excavations by the British Mandatory authorities i...

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Nabi Samwil in Wikipedia

An-Nabi Samwil also al-Nabi Samuil (Arabic: النبي صموئيل‎ an- Nabi Samwil, translit: "the prophet Samuel") is a Palestinian village of nearly 220 inhabitants in the West Bank, within the Jerusalem Governorate, located four kilometers north of Jerusalem. The village consists of a few houses and in addition to serving worshipers, its mosque acts...

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Nabi Musa in Wikipedia

Nabi Musa (Arabic: نبي موسى‎, meaning the "Prophet Moses",[1] also transliterated Nebi Musa) is the name of a site in the Judean desert that popular Palestinian folklore associates with Moses. It is also the name of a seven-day long religious festival that was celebrated annually by Palestinian Muslims, beginning on the Friday before Good Friday ...

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Sepphoris in Wikipedia

Tzippori (Hebrew: צִפּוֹרִי, ציפורי‎), also known as Sepphoris, Dioceserea and Saffuriya (Arabic: صفورية‎, also transliterated Safurriya and Suffurriye) is located in the central Galilee region, 6 kilometers (4 mi) north-northwest of Nazareth, in modern-day Israel.[1] The site holds a rich and diverse historical and architectural legacy that inc...

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Tel Balata in Wikipedia

Tell Balata (Arabic: تل بلاطة‎) is the site of the remains of an ancient city located in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank.[1] The site is listed by UNESCO as part of the Inventory of Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites of Potential Outstanding Universal Value in the Palestinian Territories.[1] Experts estimate that the towers and ...

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Ramat Hanadiv in Wikipedia

Ramat HaNadiv (Hebrew: רמת הנדיב‎, Heights of the Benefactor, also known as Umm el-'Aleq ["Mother of leeches"] in Arabic) is a nature park and gardens in northern Israel, covering 4.5 kilometers at the southern end of Mount Carmel between Zichron Ya'akov to the north and Binyamina to the south.[1] The Jewish National Fund planted pine and cypr...

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