Mandatory Palestine · Fortress
Al-Qastal, Jerusalem
Al-Qastal ("Kastel", Arabic: القسطل) was a Palestinian village located eight kilometers west of Jerusalem and named for a Crusader castle once standing on the hilltop.
🇮🇱 Israel · Rock-cut
Cave of Nicanor
The Cave of Nicanor ( ny-KAY-nər; Ancient Greek: Νῑκάνωρ, pronounced [niːˈkanɔːr]) is an ancient, elaborate burial complex located on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Beit Shemesh
Beit Shemesh (Hebrew: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ, lit. 'House of the Sun') is a city located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Archaeological wonder
Gibeah
Gibeah (; Hebrew: גִּבְעָה Gīḇəʿā; Hebrew: גִּבְעַת Gīḇəʿaṯ) is the name of three places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the tribes of Benjamin, Judah, and Ephraim respectively.
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Antonia Fortress
The Antonia Fortress (Aramaic: קצטרא דאנטוניה) was a citadel built by Herod the Great and named for Herod's patron Mark Antony, as a fortress whose chief function was to protect the Second Temple.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Fortress
Dome of the Rock
The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: قبة الصخرة, romanized: Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḫra) is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.
🇮🇱 Israel · Rock-cut
Monolith of Silwan
the First Temple period
Rock-cut tomb located in Silwan, Jerusalem
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Temple Mount Sifting Project
archaeological project focused on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Tell ej-Judeideh
Roman Palestine
Archaeological site in Israel, possibly of the biblical city of Moreseth-Gath.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Apollonia–Arsuf
Apollonia (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλωνία; Hebrew: אפולוניה), known in the Early Islamic period as Arsuf (Arabic: أرْسُوف, romanized: Arsūf) and in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem as Arsur, was an…
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Ein Hemed
Ein Hemed is a national park and nature reserve in Israel, in the hills seven kilometres west of modern Jerusalem and some 12 kilometres west of the Old City.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Khirbat Umm Burj
Khirbat Umm Burj was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, sometimes designated in modern maps as Burgin. Its ruins are today located within the borders of Israel.
Mandatory Palestine · Archaeological wonder
Jaffa
Jaffa (Hebrew: יָפוֹ, romanised: Yāfō, pronounced [jaˈfo]; Arabic: يَافَا, romanised: Yāfā, pronounced [ˈjaːfaː]), also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine port city…
Mandatory Palestine · Fortress
Jiddin
Jiddin (Arabic: جدين), also known as the Jiddin Fortress (Arabic: قلعة جدين, romanized: Qalʾat Jiddīn) or Khirbet Jiddin (Arabic: خربة جدين, lit.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Al-Maghtas
Al-Maghtas (Arabic: المغطس, romanized: al-Maghṭas, lit. 'the Baptism' or 'the Immersion'), officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in…