With a fascinating history that reaches back to the dawn of civilization, Egypt is considered the oldest travel destination on earth. The African nation’s awe-inspiring temples and pyramids have captured the imagination of travelers for thousands of years. Although most people come to Egypt to vi...
Mount Sinai is in the middle of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt and rises 2,285 metres above sea level. Mount Sinai has an elevation of 2,285 metres.
The tribes of Joseph were the two most powerful northern tribes. The tribes of Ephraim and West Manasseh received blessings from Jacob and Moses. A map of Palestine shows the Northern core consisted of these two tribes. Every capital of the northern kingdom of Israel was in Manasseh; Shechem...
Luxor Temple - Egypt Machu Picchu - Peru Manneken Pis - Brussels Mecca, Saudi Arabia Middle of the World Monument - Ecuador The Millau Bridge - Southern France Minaret of Jam, Tower of Jam - Afghanistan Mont St. Michel - France Mayan Pyramid Chichen Itza Pyramid Washington MonumentShapes...
Mount Sinai, also known as Mount Moses or Mount Horeb, is a mountain in the South Sinai region of Egypt. Standing 7497ft (2285m) tall, the peak is best known as the possible location of the biblical Mount Sinai, where according to the both the Bible and the Quran, God told Moses th...
THE VALLEY OF SHAVEHis the first landmark mentioned from a map of ancient Jerusalem. However, this valley's exact location remains a mystery, as does the identity of Melchizedek, the king of Salem at this time. From the map of ancient Jerusalem to the left one can gather that Jerusalem ...
The land of Egypt is a central point of arrival and departure, culminating in the great Exodus under the leadership of Moses. This essay examines the particular significance of Egypt in Philo's reading of the Mosaic map of migration. What did Philo, an Egyptian Jew, make of the Pentateuch...
This paper is a first presentation of a Chinese Map of the World or Kunyutu 坤輿圖 discovered in a Federal library in Berne in 2017. It focusses on the rendering of the 7000 characters contained within the map. The translation of the complete 112 text blocks on the map will be provided...
Both lands were dominated by at least one major river. The land of Canaan depended mightily on the Jordan River. The map of Mesopotamia shows how civilization sprang up along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It also makes clear why the land earned the nickname;The Land Between...
1.Alexandria, the commercial metropolis of Egypt. 2.Jerusalem, the religious capital of the Jewish world. 3.Caesarea, the Roman capital of Judea. 4.Damascus, in the southern part of Syria. 5.Antioch, the capital of Syria, in the north. ...