Perfume Route (Derekh HaBesamim) Ancient route used by Nabateans for the perfume trade from the Arabian Peninsula. Road passed through Petra, crossed the Arabah and Negeb passing until the coast of Gaza. Along its course hostels were built; some of their remains can still be seen today. […]
Read more →Pool of Siloam (Shiloah) (Nehemiah 3:15; John 9:7-11) Ancient pool outside the Old City walls of Jerusalem, within the village of Silwan. One of the important water sources of ancient Jerusalem. Its water comes from the Gihon stream, mentioned in the Bible as one of the 4 […]
Read more →Nimrod Fortress (Qalat Nimrud) Ruins of a large fortress on southern slopes of Mt. Hermon, 2 km. northeast of Banyas. Erected by Crusaders between 1130 and 1140. Taking advantage of the mountain’s natural features, it was built long and narrow – 450×60 meters (1476×197 feet). Arab legend […]
Read more →Qarantal (Deir el Quruntul) (Monastery of the Temptation or of the Forty Days) (Mark 1:13; Matthew 4:2) Greek Orthodox monastery 4 km. (2.5 miles) northwest of Jericho built onto the side of a sheer cliff, overlooking the Jericho oasis; one of the most fabulous locations in the Holy […]
Read more →Qidron Stream (Kidron Valley) (II Samuel 15:23; I Kings 2:37; I Kings 15:13; Jeremiah 31:40) Called in the Bible Brook of Kidron and appears many times. The stream, often called the Kedron Valley, originates in Jerusalem between Mt. Scopus and the Old City, and empties into the […]
Read more →Qumran (Mezad Hasidim) Remains of a settlement from the days of the Second Temple, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Located near the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. Two Bedouin shepherds accidentally came across a clay jar in a cave that contained the now world-famous […]
Read more →(El) Qubeiba (in the Judean Hills) (Luke 24:18) Arab village in Judean Hills. Site of Crusader settlement called Mahomaria Lapetita in Spanish. The Frankish name was Parva Mahomaria. Both names are translations of the Arabic Qubeiba, which means “little dome.” http://religionfilm.com/it/loans-for-bad According to a late Christian tradition, […]
Read more →Rachel’s Tomb (Genesis 35:19) (Matthew 2:16-18) Holy tomb at northern entrance to Bethlehem. Ancient tradition designates the site as the burial place of the matriarch Rachel: “So Rachel died and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is Bethlehem)” (Genesis 35:19). Other sources locate the […]
Read more →Rehob (Rehov) Name derives from ancient Rehob. Now a Moshav 4 km. south of Bet She’an, near an ancient synagogue. Tel Rehov to the northeast, is the tel of an ancient settlement identified with Biblical Rehob. Adjacent is a ruin of a Moslem holy shrine called Sheikh […]
Read more →Safed (Zefat) City associated with Jewish mysticism in the Galilee at the ascent of Mt. Kena’an, 845-900 meters (2952 feet) above sea level. The origin of the name is not known. Perhaps from the Hebrew root zafa (to observe or watch) since the city is a natural […]
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