Archives: Locations

The archaeological site of Qumran lies 20 km south of Jericho on the western shore of the Dead Sea. It consists of a monastery and the remains of a tower, kitchens, dining hall and the "Scriptorium", where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were written and found. The discovery of the Scrolls was made in 1947 [...]

Nabi Musa, or the Tomb of Prophet Moses (pbuh), lies 11 km south of Jericho and 20 km east of Jerusalem in the Judean wilderness. A side road to the right of the main Jerusalem-Jericho road, about 2 km beyond the sign indicating sea level, leads to the site venerated by Muslims as Maqam El-Nabi [...]

The summit of Mount of Temptation, rising to a height of 350 meters above sea level and commanding a magnificent and panoramic view of the Jordan Valley, is the site where Jesus (pbuh) spent forty days and forty nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan, about 3 km northwest of Jericho. A Greek [...]

Khirbet El-Mafjar is located 3 km north of Jericho and commonly called Hisham's Palace because it was first thought to have been built by the Umayyad Caliph Hisham bin AbdulMalek (724-743 AD), who ruled an empire stretching from India to the Pyrenees. Many from the Umayyad dynasty had such hunting lodges, which enabled them to [...]

The Sea of Galilee (Yam Kinneret in Hebrew) is referred in the Bible as the Sea of Chinnereth or Chinneroth, Gennesar, Lake of Gennesaret, and Sea of Tiberias, a name that has survived in the modern Arabic "Bohayrat Tabareyya". It was here that Jesus (pbuh) met Simon Peter, James and John, His first disciples, and [...]

Vibrant, brash, cosmopolitan Tel Aviv - Jaffa, Israel's major metropolis and country's business center. "The Hill of Spring" did not even exist until 1909, when a group of Jaffa residents moved north to build a new city on the sand dunes. With its sidewalk cafes, fine museums, lovely parks and beaches, concert halls and theaters, [...]

12 km northwest of Nablus up on the scenic slopes of the Nablus hills stands the ancient royal city of Sebastia or Samaria overlooking the present village of Sebastia. The ruined site extends on a hill dominating the surroundings. On top of the hill the remains of an Iron Age city were found. Visible remains [...]

Bells ring out from church Lowers. Cassocked monks and playing children rub shoulders with pilgrims from the world over. Aromas of fresh coffee, exotic spices and hot-from-oven breads perfume, the air in the colorful open-air market. And keeping watch above red-tiled roofs and minarets, the distinctive roof of the Basilica of the Annunciation dominates from [...]

Nablus or "The Uncrowned Queen of Palestine" as historians call it, is located 63 km north of Jerusalem between Mt. Gerzim and Mt. Ebal. The Roman Emperor Titus founded it in 72 AD in honor of his father Flavius Vespasian and it was called Flavia Neapolis, the "New City". In the early centuries of Christianity, [...]

Located north of Nablus, Jenin is the ancient city of Ginaea mentioned by Josephus and is also identified as the ancient En-gannim. It is where the Samaritans assaulted a caravan of Galileans on their way to Jerusalem, killing a great number of them. Today, Jenin is a picturesque town built on the slopes of a [...]