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Khirbet al-Deir in Wikipedia

Khirbet al-Deir (Arabic: خربة الدير‎) is a Palestinian town located ten kilometers south of Bethlehem.The town is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 1,564 in mid-year 2006....

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Magdala in Wikipedia

Magdala (Aramaic מגדלא Magdala, meaning "elegant," "great," or "magnificent"; Hebrew מגדל Migdal, meaning "tower"; Arabic قرية المجدل, Qaryat Al Majdal) is the name of at least two places in ancient Israel mentioned in the Jewish Talmud and one place that may be mentioned in the Christian New Testament. Magdala was also a high stronghold in Ethi...

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Martyrius Monastery in Wikipedia

The Monastery of Martyrius, now located in the center of the Israeli settlement and city of Ma'ale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, was one of the most important centres of monastic life in the Judean Desert during the Byzantine period. [1][2] History - When Ma'ale Adumim was built in 1982-1985, the remains of the Monastery of Martyrius (Khirbet Mura...

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Church of John the Baptist in Wikipedia

The Church of St John the Baptist in Nessebar, Bulgaria is a domed cruciform church, built of undressed stone. It's one of the best preserved in Nessebar. It is 12 m long and 10 wide. The structure of the church consists of two cylindrical vaults which intersect in the center of the composition. The masonry is crushed stone and pebbles and th...

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Khirbat al-Mafjar in Wikipedia

Hisham's Palace (Arabic: Khirbat al-Mafjar) is the archaeological remains of an Umayyad winter palace located five km north of Jericho in the West Bank. Construction and layout - The palace was built on the northern outskirts of Jericho, then an imperial domain, in 743–744 BCE by Al- Walid ibn Yazid during the caliphate of his predecessor Hisha...

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St. George’s Monastery in Wikipedia

St. George Orthodox Monastery (or Monastery of St. George of Koziba) is located in Wadi Qelt, in the eastern West Bank, in the Palestinian territories. The sixth-century cliff-hanging complex, with its ancient chapel and gardens, is still inhabited by a few Greek Orthodox monks. It is reached by a pedestrian bridge across the Wadi Qelt, which man...

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Makhtesh Ramon in Wikipedia

Makhtesh Ramon (Hebrew: מכתש רמון‎; lit. Ramon Crater/Makhtesh) is a geological feature of Israel's Negev desert. Located at the peak of Mount Negev, some 85 km south of the city of Beersheba, the landform is not actually an impact crater from a meteor, but rather is the world's largest makhtesh. The crater is 40 km long and 2-10 km wide, and is ...

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Horns of Hattin in Wikipedia

Horns of Hattin (Arabic:Kûrun Hattîn) (Hebrew: קרני חיטין‎) (Karnei Hittin) is an extinct volanco with twin peaks overlooking the plains of Hattin in the Lower Galilee, Israel. History Karnei Hittin is believed to be the site of the Battle of Hattin, Saladin's victory over the Crusaders in 1187. The Battle of Hattin was fought in summer when...

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Khirbet el-Mird in Wikipedia

Hyrcania (Greek: Ὑρκανία; Arabic: Khirbet el-Mird) was an ancient fortress in the Judean Desert of the West Bank. Upper part of the fortress Water reservoir Herodian-period mosaic floor The site is located on an isolated hill about 200 m above the Hyrcania valley, on its western edge. It is about 5 km west of Qumran, and 16 km east of Jeru...

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Mamre in Wikipedia

Mamre (Hebrew: מַמְרֵא‎), full Hebrew name Elonei Mamre ("Oaks/Terebinths of Mamre"), refers to a Canaanite cultic shrine dedicated to the supreme, sky god of the Canaanite pantheon, El.[1] Talmudic sources refer to the site as Beth Ilanim or Botnah. it was one of the three most important "fairs", market place or caravanserai, in Palestine. It li...

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