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Jerusalem viewed from above. An alternate route than starts from the ancient walls of the Old City and is an opportunity for exploration and discovery. A tour of Jerusalem’s rooftops is also an option for tourists and pilgrims who wish to go on a different kind of visit—and see the layers of the city’s history and those who have travelled its roads. Full story
Rising to 588 meters above sea level, Mt. Tabor stands alone in the plain of Esdraelon, in lower Galilee, a few miles from Nazareth. Considered a sacred mountain since ancient times, Tabor was a place of Canaanite worship before entering fully into the history of the chosen people, through the most ancient stories of the Bible. It is also the scenery where took place the Transfiguration of Christ narrated by the Gospels. Full story
Aelia Capitolina. This was the name given to Jerusalem in the early second century, when Emperor Hadrian - after having crushed the second Jewish revolt - ordered the reconstruction of the city in a Roman style. We discover the Roman legacy in Jerusalem with Dan Bahat, one of the greatest Jewish archaeologist. Full story
The mistake that a traveller can make, visiting Jordan, is that it is not worth seeing the capital, Amman, in order to concentrate immediately on Petra, Madaba, or on the Crusader fortresses of the Valley of the Kings. Or on Mount Nebo, on the cities of the Decapolis or the place where Jesus was baptised… For those who love the Holy Land, however, Amman is not a destination to be overlooked. Full story
