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The Muriel and Jeremy Josse Collection of Holy Land Maps consists of 253 maps that date predominantly from 1870 to 1923. The majority of the maps are of late-19th- and early-twentieth-century ...
Just yesterday, our coverage of the Holy Land included the oldest map of the region, actually a mosaic floor found under the rubble of an ancient church.Last month, we showed the first new ...
The Holy Land is both the ancient, sacred home of three great monotheistic religions yet also carries with it some of the modern era’s greatest traumas—the memory of the Holocaust, the ...
The hour-long RICK STEVES' SPECIAL: THE HOLY LAND, ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS TODAY weaves together both the Israeli and the Palestinian narratives to better understand a place that is, ...
One of the major features of physical geography in the Holy Land is its diversity within a small region. Jerusalem is 2500 feet above sea level and has the walled city, which within its borders ...
A typical Holy Land tour will begin in Jerusalem's Old City, visit sites revered by Muslims, hear about Jewish history, see the Western Wall, pray at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, visit nearby ...
In the Holy Land, our Christmas is tinged with grief, but it is not without hope The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. (Musa Al Shaer / AFP via Getty Images) ...