 enlarge 39KB, 720x403 1 Jerusalem Sunrise P1000532
|  enlarge 62KB, 640x459 2 P1000456 Walls of the Old City of Jerusalem at night.
|  enlarge 138KB, 720x418 3 P1000482 View of the Old City of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives.
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 enlarge 100KB, 720x417 4 P1000516 View of the Western Wall and Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem.
|  enlarge 114KB, 720x417 5 P1000517 View of the Western Wall and Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem.
|  enlarge 165KB, 720x418 6 P1000489 View of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount (Mount Moriah). According to Islamic tradition, the rock is the spot from which Muhammad ascended to Heaven accompanied by the angel Gabriel.
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 enlarge 88KB, 720x417 7 P1000524 Dome of El Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem.
|  enlarge 71KB, 720x417 8 P1000523 Western Wall, Jerusalem.
|  enlarge 113KB, 720x417 9 P1000530 Western Wall of Jerusalem.
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 enlarge 112KB, 720x417 10 P1000527 The Western Wall of Jerusalem, Wailing Wall or Kotel is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount. It is a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple's courtyard, and is one of the most sacred sites in Judaism outside of the Temple Mount itself.
|  enlarge 102KB, 720x403 11 P1000457 Hagia Maria Sion Abbey, a Benedictine abbey in Jerusalem on Mt. Zion just outside the walls of the Old City near the Zion Gate. It was formerly known as the Abbey of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, but the name was changed in 1998 in reference to the church of Hagia Sion that formerly stood on this spot.
|  enlarge 106KB, 720x427 12 P1000493 King David's Tomb & Church of the Dormition
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 enlarge 105KB, 371x640 13 P1000537 Church of the Dormition, in Mt. Zion, Jerusalem.
|  enlarge 91KB, 720x417 14 P1000540 Upper room of the Church of the Dormition, where traditionally the Last Supper took place.
|  enlarge 61KB, 720x417 15 P1000478 This flying saucer shaped structure is the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem. It houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of 972 texts from the Hebrew Bible and extra-biblical documents found between 1947 and 1956 on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea.
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 enlarge 274KB, 720x448 16 P1000503 The Garden of Gethsemane, at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
|  enlarge 121KB, 414x640 17 P1000507 A street, in two parts, within the Old City of Jerusalem, held to be the path that Jesus walked, carrying his cross, on the way to his crucifixion. The winding route from the Antonia Fortress west to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
|  enlarge 83KB, 347x640 18 P1000510 Via Dolorosa near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
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 enlarge 105KB, 720x417 19 P1000511 Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Also called the Church of the Resurrection by Eastern Christians, is a church within the walled Old City of Jerusalem. The site is venerated as Golgotha (the Hill of Calvary), where Jesus was crucified, and is said also to contain the place where Jesus was buried (the sepulchre).
|  enlarge 97KB, 720x417 20 P1000513 The Stone of the Anointing inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Also known as The Stone of Unction, which tradition claims to be the spot where Jesus' body was prepared for burial by Joseph of Arimathea.
|  enlarge 163KB, 720x449 21 P1000514 Outdoor coffee shop in the Old City of Jerusalem. A good place for falafel sandwiches.
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 enlarge 88KB, 720x405 22 P1000546 View of the Dead Sea
|  enlarge 143KB, 720x405 23 P1000545 Behind the Ahava Factory at the Dead Sea
|  enlarge 117KB, 720x405 24 P1000560 View of Masada, the name for a site of ancient palaces and fortifications in the Southern District of Israel, on top of an isolated rock plateau, or horst, on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea. Masada is best known for the violence that occurred there in the first century CE. In the final accords of the First Jewish–Roman War, the Siege of Masada by troops of the Roman Empire led to the mass suicide of the Sicarii rebels.
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 enlarge 83KB, 720x417 25 P1000551 A portion of the fortress of Masada.
|  enlarge 137KB, 720x405 26 P1000556 View of Dead Sea from Masada
|  enlarge 75KB, 360x640 27 P1000563 Seaside Hotel at Ein Bokek, Dead Sea
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 enlarge 90KB, 720x405 28 P1000571 View of the Red Sea from the Dan Hotel
|  enlarge 73KB, 720x410 29 P1000572 View of the Red Sea looking towards Aqaba
|  enlarge 75KB, 720x417 30 P1000622 View of the Nabatean city of Avdat in the Negev Highlands.
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 enlarge 84KB, 720x417 31 P1000640 Fruit bush at Sde Boker near desert home of Ben Gurion in the Negev.
|  enlarge 108KB, 720x391 32 P1000642 View of the Golan Heights from Safed
|  enlarge 135KB, 720x417 33 P1000643 Holy City of Safed
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 enlarge 122KB, 720x417 34 P1000645 Abuhav Synagogue in Safed, where you can view a Torah scroll from the Middle Ages and see a synagogue that has not one, but three holy arks.
|  enlarge 110KB, 423x640 35 P1000650 Shopping at Camus Gallery in Safed.
|  enlarge 126KB, 720x417 36 P1000651 Streets in Safed.
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 enlarge 139KB, 720x417 37 P1000655 View of the old Roman town at Capernaum, the city of Jesus.
|  enlarge 117KB, 720x417 38 P1000657 Remain of ancient synagogue at Capernaum, on the site where Jesus once preached.
|  enlarge 105KB, 720x417 39 P1000669 Catholic Church and site of the Octagonal Church in Capernaum built on top of the walls of St. Peter's house.
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 enlarge 116KB, 371x640 40 P1000672 Statue of St. Peter at Capernaum.
|  enlarge 73KB, 720x407 41 P1000674 View of the Sea of Galilee at Capernaum.
|  enlarge 91KB, 720x417 42 P1000695 Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth.
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 enlarge 72KB, 720x417 43 P1000694 Nazareth, near the Basilica of the Annunciation.
|  enlarge 152KB, 640x442 44 P1000681 Front door to the Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth depicting major events in Jesus' life.
|  enlarge 132KB, 565x640 45 P1000688 Catholic Mass in the Grotto of the Annunciation (lower level of the church), Nazareth.
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 enlarge 107KB, 371x640 46 P1000679 Statue of the Virgin Mary at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth.
|  enlarge 146KB, 720x417 47 P1000691 Mosaic in the apse, main altar of the Basilica of the Annunciation representing the "one, holy, catholic and apostolic church", Nazareth.
|  enlarge 139KB, 640x404 48 P1000696 The Lord's Prayer plates from sidewalk vendors in Nazareth.
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 enlarge 114KB, 720x417 49 P1000699 Roman Amphitheater at Caesarea Maritima.
|  enlarge 114KB, 640x480 50 P1000704 Roman Amphitheater at Caesarea Maritima.
|  enlarge 110KB, 720x417 51 P1000708 Roman Hippodrome at Ceasarea Maritima.
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 enlarge 89KB, 720x417 52 P1000716 Roman Hippodrome at Ceasarea Maritima.
|  enlarge 81KB, 720x417 53 P1000706 View of the Mediterranean, at Caesarea Maritima.
|  enlarge 84KB, 720x417 54 P1000719 View of the Mediterranean, at Caesarea Maritima.
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|  enlarge 73KB, 720x417 56 P1000718 View of the Mediterranean, at Caesarea Maritima.
|  enlarge 89KB, 720x417 57 P1000720 Caesarea Maritima.
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 enlarge 83KB, 371x640 58 P1000721 Minaret at Caesarea Maritima.
|  enlarge 102KB, 720x417 59 P1000722 View of the Mediterranean, at Caesarea Maritima.
|  enlarge 94KB, 720x417 60 P1000726 Roman aqueduct at Caesarea Maritima.
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 enlarge 89KB, 720x417 61 P1000727 Ruins of Roman aqueduct at Caesarea Maritima.
|  enlarge 143KB, 720x417 62 P1000730 View of the Bahai Gardens at Haifa.
|  enlarge 117KB, 371x640 63 P1000747 View of the Bahai Shrine and Gardens at Haifa.
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 enlarge 125KB, 720x444 64 P1000752 View of the Bahai Shrine and Gardens at Haifa.
|  enlarge 106KB, 371x640 65 P1000751 Side street, Haifa.
|  enlarge 87KB, 720x417 66 P1000765 View of seaport from Mount Carmel, Haifa.
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 enlarge 101KB, 720x417 67 P1000741 Mount Carmel, Haifa.
|  enlarge 126KB, 720x417 68 P1000729 View of seaport at Haifa.
|  enlarge 83KB, 720x417 69 P1000771 Beaches at Haifa.
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