492. NAZARETH, CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH. ROCK HEWN CHAMBER UNDER THE CRYPT

4921. THE PLATEU OF ISSACHAR WITH MT. TABOR IN THE BACKGROUND

4922. JOKNEAM, IN THE BIBLE, CANAANITE ROYAL CITY, LATER A LEVITICAL CITY OF ZEBULUN, SW OF MT. CARMEL (IN PRESENT-DAY ISRAEL)

4923. JARMUTH , CNAANITE CITY IN JUDEAN LOWLANDS. IT ALLIED ITSELF AGAINST GIDEON AND WAS DEFEATED BY JOSHUA. ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS

4923. JARMUTH , CNAANITE CITY IN JUDEAN LOWLANDS. IT ALLIED ITSELF AGAINST GIDEON AND WAS DEFEATED BY JOSHUA.

4925. YARKON RIVER, NORTH OF TEL AVIV

4927. YEHIAM – CRUSADER FORTRESS IN NORTHERN GALILEE

4929. YATIR, THE SOUTHERN AREA OF JUDEA

4932. JERICHO, ARCHEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF THE HASHMONEAN KING’S WINTER PALACE

4933. JERICHO, EXCAVATING AND RECONSTRACTION OF PARTS OF KING HEROD’S PALACE

4934. JERICHO, EARLY STAGES (1974-5) OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT HEROD’S PALACE

4938. JERICHO, THE REFUGEE CAMPS

4942. CRUSADER FORTRESS YALU IN THE LOWLANDS OF JUDEA ON THE MAIN ROAD TO JERUSALEM

4962. EIN GEDDI -ANCIENT BUILDINGS ACCORDING TO SOME THEORY POSSIBLY BELONGED TO AN ESSEN SETTLMENT

4975. KOHAV HA’SHAHAR, JEWISH SETTLMENT IN EASTERN SAMARIA

4981. LIFTAH (BIBLICAL NAFTOAH), SMALL VILLAGE AT THE WESTERN ENTRANCE TO JERUSALEM

4983. TEL LAHAV (TEL HALIF)

4997. MAHTAMA VALLEY, SOUTH OF NABLUS (SCHEM)

4999. TEL MEVORACH IN THE NORTHER COASTAL PLAIN OF ISRAEL, ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS

5000. MAR ELIAS, GREEK-ORTHODOX MONASTERY ON THE ROAD BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND BETHLECHEM BUILT ON THE SITE WHERE ACCORDING TO THE TRADITION THE PROPHET ELIAH RESTED ON HIS WAY TO THE DESERT. PIC: STONE BENCH BUILT BY THE WIFE OF THE BRITISH PAINTER HOLMAN HUNT MARKING THE PLACE WHERE HE USED TO MEDITATE

5002. MOTZAH, NEAR JERUSALEM

5003. MAR SABA – GREEK ORTHODOX MONASTERY LOCATED IN THE WILDERNES OF JUDEA. IT WAS BUILT IN THE 5TH. C. BY ST. SABA (439-532) ,ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECLUSES. PIC: THE ROOM WHERE THE SKULLS AND THE BONES OF THE DECEASED PRIESTS ARE KEPT

5011. NESSANA (NIZANAH), NABATEAN TOWN IN NORTH/WESTERN NEGEV. SEVERAL BYZANTINE CHURCHES HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED THERE AS WELL AS A WELL DEVELOPED DESERT AGRICULTURE

5012. TEL NAGILA, ARCHEOLOGICAL TEL IN NORTH WESTERN NEGEV

502. BETHEL, – CAPTURED BY THE ISRAELITES (JOSH 12:16), ALLOTTED TO THE TRIBE OF BENIJAMIN (JOSH 18:22). NEAR BETHEL, JACOB DREAMED THE DREAM OF THE LADDER ASCENDING TO HEAVEN. GEN 28:19 PIC: GENERAL VIEW OF THE TEL AND THE AREA

502. BETHEL, – CAPTURED BY THE ISRAELITES (JOSH 12:16), ALLOTTED TO THE TRIBE OF BENIJAMIN (JOSH 18:22). NEAR BETHEL, JACOB DREAMED THE DREAM OF THE LADDER ASCENDING TO HEAVEN. GEN 28:19 PIC: GENERAL VIEW OF THE TEL AND THE AREA