683. BELLVOIR – CRUSADER CASTLE IN SOUTHERN GALILEE, COMANDING A MAGNIFICENT VIEW OVER THE JORDAN VALLEY. BUILT IN 1140, IT WAS DESTROYED IN 1189 BY SALAH A-DIN. PICTURE SHOWING ONE OF THE GATES

683. BELVOIR – CRUSADER CASTLE IN SOUTHERN GALILEE, BUILT IN 1140, DESTROYED IN 1189 BY SALAH A-DIN

684. ACCO – CRUSADER ARCHITECTURE, REFLECTORY IN THE CRYPT OF ST. JOHN

700. DOTHAN – ANCIENT TOWN IN NORTHERN SAMARIA NEAR WHICH JOSEPH WAS SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS ‘And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. GEN 37:17

700. DOTHAN – ANCIENT TOWN IN NORTHERN SAMARIA NEAR WHICH JOSEPH WAS SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS ‘And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. GEN 37:17

707. SARDIS, (WESTERN TURKEY), THE MAGNIFICENT FACADE OF THE GYMNASIUM BUILDING DATING FROM THE 4TH. C. AD.

707. SARDIS, (WESTERN TURKEY), THE MAGNIFICENT FACADE OF THE GYMNASIUM BUILDING DATING FROM THE 4TH. C. AD.

708. EPHESUS (WESTERN TURKEY), THE ODEUM 1ST. C. AD.

709. EPHESOS, (WESTERN TURKEY), THE FOUNTAIN OF TRAJAN, 97-117 AD.

712. EPHESUS, (WESTERN TURKEY), THE CURETES STREET

712. EPHESUS, (WESTERN TURKEY), THE CURETES STREET

714. EPHESUS, (WESTERN TURKEY), THE THEATRE, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE HELENISTIC WORLD, IT COULD SEAT 24 000 SPECTATORS

749. ARAD – AERIAL VIEW OF THE CITY IN NORTHERN NEGEV. THE CNAANITE KING OF ARAD ATTACKED THE ISRAELITES ON THEIR WAY FROM EGYPT AND WAS DEFEATED BY THEM. ‘And when king ARAD the Cnaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard that Israel came by the way of the spies, then he fought against Israel…’ […]

749. ARAD – AERIAL VIEW OF THE CITY IN NORTHERN NEGEV. THE CNAANITE KING OF ARAD ATTACKED THE ISRAELITES ON THEIR WAY FROM EGYPT AND WAS DEFEATED BY THEM. ‘And when king ARAD the Cnaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard that Israel came by the way of the spies, then he fought against Israel…’ […]

749. ARAD – AERIAL VIEW OF THE CITY IN NORTHERN NEGEV. THE CNAANITE KING OF ARAD ATTACKED THE ISRAELITES ON THEIR WAY FROM EGYPT AND WAS DEFEATED BY THEM. ‘And when king ARAD the Cnaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard that Israel came by the way of the spies, then he fought against Israel…’ […]

760. RAMLEH, THE ‘WHITE MOSQUE’ A MINARET BUILT AS PART OF A MOSQUE BY THE MAMLUKS IN 1318

802. BETHLECHEM – AERIAL VIEW OF THE CITY WITH MANGER SQUARE AND THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY IN THE CENTER

802. BETHLECHEM – AERIAL VIEW OF THE CITY WITH MANGER SQUARE AND THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY IN THE CENTER

804. BETHLECHEM – SHEPERD’S FIELDS, AERIAL VIEW

882. HAMMAH – CITY IN THE JORDAN VALLEY, 16 KM. SOUTH OF BETHSHEAN. HAMMAH WAS MENTIONED IN THE LIST OF CNAANITE CITIES CONQUERED BY PHARAOH SETTI I. THE SHAPE OF THE MOUND IS TYPICAL OF A LOCAL TEL, WHILE IT’S LOCATION, ON MAIN ROADS AND NEAR A WATER SOURCE

887. MT GERIZIM – REMAINS OF STEPS LEADING TO THE ROMAN TEMPLE ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN

899. CAPERNAUM – ARCHEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF PETER’S HOUSE

926. SAMARIA – THE VALLEY OF LEVONAH IN THE TERRITORY OF EPHRAIM NEAR SHILLOH, (JUDG. 21:19)

926. SAMARIA – THE VALLEY OF LEVONAH IN THE TERRITORY OF EPHRAIM NEAR SHILLOH, (JUDG. 21:19)

926. SAMARIA – THE VALLEY OF LEVONAH IN THE TERRITORY OF EPHRAIM NEAR SHILLOH, (JUDG. 21:19)

930. ARAD – FORTIFIED CITY WALL OF THE LOWER CITY DATING FROM THE CNAANITE PERIOD, EARLY BRONZE AGE (2900 – 2700 B.C.)

947. GEZER, THE SOLOMONIC GATE

948. GEZER, THE SOLOMONIC GATE

986. JERICHO – KING HEROD’S WINTER PALACE WAS PARTLY BUILT USING THE ROMAN BUILDING TECHNIQUE CALLED OPUS RETICULATUM, SHOWN IN THE PICTURE

998. MAGDALA – SMALL TOWN ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE SEA OF GALILEE, HOME OF MARY MAGDALENE (JN 19:25, 20:1, 18)

493. NAZARETH, CHURCH OF ANNOUNCIATION. MARBLE MOSAIC IN THE MODERN CHURCH DEPICTING SCENES FROM ST. MARY’S LIFE