Learn about the ancient Kingdom of Israel through a timeline and map. Explore how it came to be united and divided and eventually succumbed to...
This map of ancient Israel depicts the southern allotments for the southern tribes of Israel - Judah & Benjamin.A MAP OF THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM OF JUDAH. THE TRIBE OF SIMEON WAS ABSORBED BY THE LARGER JUDAH, THE TRIBE OF DAVID & THE ROYAL TRIBE OF ISRAEL.Judah's strength, however, rested...
Gerizim; Shavei Shomron (“returning to Samaria”) across the road from the ancient capital of Samaria; and Tekoa, located near the ancient town where Amos prophesied. These communities and so many more are a testament to the deep significance attached to Jewish settlement in Biblical Israel. ...
Photo: GuillaumeG, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ramallah or Ram Allah is a small city in the West Bank region of the Palestinian Territories, located 15 km north of Jerusalem.Hebron Photo: Extua, CC BY 3.0. Hebron is an ancient city in the southern West Bank.DestinationsJericho...
The ancient harbour and anchorage at Dor, Israel : results of the underwater surveys 1976 - 1991 The Dor Maritime Archaeology Project, BAR International Series 626, Oxford.Kingsley, S.A., and Raveh, K., 1996, The Ancient Harbour and Anchorage at Dor, Israel: Results of the Underwater Surv...
In the time of Jerome it was still a considerable place, and still retains its ancient name --Bir es-Seba. There are at present on the spot two principal wells and five smaller ones. The two principal wells are on or close to the northern bank of the Wady es-Seba. The larger of ...
In the time of Jerome it was still a considerable place, and still retains its ancient name --Bir es-Seba. There are at present on the spot two principal wells and five smaller ones. The two principal wells are on or close to the northern bank of the Wady es-Seba. The larger of ...
Chania, Crete, is packed with interesting archaeological sights that rival those in the Heraklion Prefecture. The ancient cities of Falasarna, Anopolis, Polyrinia, Aptera, Lissos and Amfimalla, as well as the Greco-Roman ruins in Kastelli-Kissamos present highly-developed civilizations that inhabited...
Caesarea, (“Ruins of Caesarea”), ancient port and administrative city of Palestine, on the Mediterranean coast of present-day Israel south of Haifa. It is often referred to as Caesarea Palaestinae, or Caesarea Maritima, to distinguish it from Caesarea
andShechem. The most important literary sources for the region’s history are the Old Testament; the Ras Shamra texts discovered at the site of ancient Ugarit, on the north coast of Syria; and theAmarna Letters, a set of dispatches sent in the 14th centurybceby governors of Palestinian ci...