Israel 2022 - A Biblical, Cultural and Archeological Tour
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Day 1 Itinerary
Places visited: Northwest Arkansas National Airport
Northwest Arkansas National Airport
Day 2 Itinerary
Places visited: Argaman Beach
Argaman Beach
Arrived at Tel Aviv. First day on the Mediterranean Sea at Hotel Netanya.
Day 3 Itinerary
Places visited: Caesarea National Park - Roman Aqueduct - Deir Al-Mukhraqa Carmelite Monastery - Megiddo National Park - גן לאומי תל מגידו
Caesarea National Park
Roman Aqueduct
Ancient Roman Aqueduct supplying water to Caesarea by the sea.
Deir Al-Mukhraqa Carmelite Monastery
Statue of Elijah at the Carmelite Monastery
A look into the Jezreel Valley from atop the Carmelite Monastery.
Megiddo National Park - גן לאומי תל מגידו
View near the Northern Palace at Megiddo
Stables of Megiddo ruins
Day 4 Itinerary
Places visited: Tel Hazor National Park - גן לאומי תל חצור-כולל מוזיאון - Tel Dan Nature Reserve - Hermon Stream Nature Reserve - Mt Bental Lookout - Park Katzrin, the Talmudic village
Tel Hazor National Park - גן לאומי תל חצור-כולל מוזיאון
Hazor National Park. More than 20 cities were discovered here dating from the 3rd millennium BCE to the city’s destruction by the Assyrian King Tiglath-Pileset in 732 BCE.
Israelite Tower / Citadel built to protect Hazor from the Assyrian invasion. It overlooked the western flank.
Tel Dan Nature Reserve
Tel Dan Springs
Wading pool of the Dan which is a headwater of the Jordan River.
Excavations at Dan / Temple - days of Jeroboam. Site associated with one of the two the Golden Calves.
City Arch Gate at Dan (1 of 3).
Hermon Stream Nature Reserve
Banias Springs - Site of the Confession of Peter
Headwaters at Caesarea Phillipi. Also rumored to be the gate of the underworld.
Remnants of Temple of Pan
Mt Bental Lookout
Joop de Jong sculpture made from military remnants at Mt. Bental Nature Reserve.
Israeli outpost on Mt. Bental (extinct volcano). Overlooks into Syria.
Park Katzrin, the Talmudic village
Tapestries and Pottery
Basins and Wine Jars?
Representative sandals from the period
Olive Press tools
Day 5 Itinerary
Places visited: The Beatitude Monastery - Korazim National Park - Capharnaum The Town Of Jesus - Magdala - Sea of Galilee - The Galilee Boat
The Beatitude Monastery
Outside Church of the Beatitudes
Church of the Beatitudes
Inside Church of the Beatitudes
Fish and Loaf Garden
Korazim National Park
Zizyphus Spina-cristi Tree (Thorns of Christ)
Wine growers house at Chorazin
Capharnaum The Town Of Jesus
Remains of St Peter’s house in Capharnaum
Temple remains
Statue of St. Peter
Peacock Mosaic
Magdala
Sea of Galilee
The Galilee Boat
Day 6 Itinerary
Places visited: Ginosar Beach - Tzippori Mosaics - Nazareth - Mount Precipice - The Baptismal Site of Jesus Christ - Jericho - St. George’s Monastery
Ginosar Beach
Tzippori Mosaics
Nazareth
Mount Precipice
The Baptismal Site of Jesus Christ
Jericho
St. George’s Monastery
Day 7 Itinerary
Places visited: Ein Gedi - Masada National Park - Dead Sea - Qumran National Park
Ein Gedi
Masada National Park
Dead Sea
Qumran National Park
Day 8 Itinerary
Places visited: Mount of Olives - Gethsemane - Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Mount of Olives
Gethsemane
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Places visited: The Garden Tomb Jerusalem - Herodion National Park - Shepherds Fields - Church of Nativity - Western Wall
The Garden Tomb Jerusalem
Herodion National Park
Church of Shepherds Fields
Church of Nativity
