515. JERICHO – THE HERODIAN PALACE, THE MAIN HALL IN WHICH THE IMPRINTS OF THE DECORATIVE FLOOR TILES ARE VISIBLE, AND THE REMAINS OF PILLARS

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516. JERICHO – MIKVEH, THE TRADITIONAL JEWISH PURIFICATION BATH, SEVERAL WERE DISCOVERED IN AND NEAR HEROD’S PALACE

516. JERICHO – MIKVEH, THE TRADITIONAL JEWISH PURIFICATION BATH, SEVERAL WERE DISCOVERED IN AND NEAR HEROD’S PALACE

5160. EMMAUS – VILLAGE WEST OF JERUSALEM. ACCORDING TO LUKE 24:13, THE SAME DAY WHEN JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD HE MET TWO MEN RETURNING TO THE VILLAGE OF EMMAUS. THEY INVITED HIM TO THEIR HOUSE WITHOUT KNOWING WHO HE IS. WHILE THEY WERE DINING HE REVILED HIMSELF TO THEM. PICTURE DATING FROM C. 1930.

517. JERICHO – HERODS INGENIOUS WATER SYSTEM BY WHICH WATER WAS COLLECTED FROM NEARBY HILLS AND WELLS AND CHANNELED TO THE PALACE

517. JERICHO – HERODS INGENIOUS WATER SYSTEM BY WHICH WATER WAS COLLECTED FROM NEARBY HILLS AND WELLS AND CHANNELED TO THE PALACE

519. JERICHO – OLIMPIC SIZE SWIMMING POOLS NEAR HEROD’S PALACE

5197. AKRABIM, THE BIG CRATER IN THE CENTRAL NEGEV.

531. VALLEY OF BEN HINOM – VALLEY NEAR JERUSALEM IN WHICH DURING THE LATE KINGDOM OF JUDEA IDOLATROUS WORSHIP TOOK PLACE. (II KINGS 23:10 CHRON 28:3, 33:6 JER 19:2,6 32:35)

531. VALLEY OF BEN HINOM – VALLEY NEAR JERUSALEM IN WHICH DURING THE LATE KINGDOM OF JUDEA IDOLATROUS WORSHIP TOOK PLACE. (II KINGS 23:10 CHRON 28:3, 33:6 JER 19:2,6 32:35)

5466. River Jabbok (Zarqa in Arabic) It rises in springs near Aman and is a tributary of river Jordan. The river is first mentioned in connection with the meeting of Jacob and Esau and with the struggle of Jacob with the angel (Genesis 32:23 et seq.). yabbok jabok

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5568. Mt of Olives and Gathesmane, Jerusalem. Hand painted postcard dating c. 1910-20.

5571. BethLechem, Hand painted postcard dating c. 1910-20.

5574. THE ANCIENT VILLAGE OF SILUAN, AT THE FOOT OF THE MT. OF OLIVES, TOUCHING JERUSALEM FROM SOUTH/EAST NEAR THE VALLEY OF KIDRON. Hand painted postcard dating c. 1910-20.

4695. PARK GOREN IN UPPER GALILEE

5706. CAESAREA, REMAINS OF THE ROMAN/HERODIAN PORT

EUPHRATES IRAQ RIVER

578. CAESAREA (MARITIMA) – PRINCIPAL PORT CITY, BUILT BY KING HEROD IN YEARS 23 – 13 B.C. IT WAS THE ROMAN MEWROPOLIS OF JUDEA AS THE MAIN SEA GATE INTO THE COUNTRY. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PORT. THE CITY WAS DESTROYED BY MUSLIMS IN 1265.

582. SHUNEM – CITY IN THE VALLEY OF JEZREEL, HOME OF THE SHUNAMITE WOMAN WHOSE SON PROPHET ELISHA RAISED FROM THE DEAD (2 KINGS 4:8)

590. THE SEA OF GALILEE, VIEW WITH THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH LOCATED NEAR CAPERNAUM