Roman Theatre

Caesarea - Roman Theatre
Paul was sentenced here to be executed. Since he was a Roman, he could not be executed here at Caesarea (Jewish place), so he was sent back to Rome, capital of Italy.

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Church of Nativity

This is the place where Jesus was born.

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Masada

Where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.
It is the mountain King Herod built his castle here.
When Romans attack the Jews, the Jews chose suicide over death.

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Temple Mount

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Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai
- 2.2km in height (vertical)
- to walk up to base approx 5km
- there after another 750 steps to the top
- 6-7 oC up on the top of mountain.

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Egypt Cultural Village

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River Nile

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Golden Eagle Perfume Palace

Normal perfume contains 80% alcohol, 10% chemical, 10% natural essence.
Egypt perfume 100% natural and can kept upto 25 years.
Flowers were collected during summer & winter time. Then they will squeeze the flowers by hands and keep the natural essence in jars and put it underground for 6 months.

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Garden Tomb

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Dead Sea

The Dead Sea water does not flow out, it is a Salt Sea and is 417m below sea level.

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Pyramids of Giza

Total 117 Pyramids in Egypt.
Each Pyramid consists of 2 million 300 thousand blocks of stone.
Each block is about 2 tonnes.

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Church of Annunciation

Church of Annunciation in Nazareth: Place where Virgin Mary received news from Gabriel that she would give birth to Jesus.

Picture inside church: Eye is the Holy Father. White bird is the Holy Spirit. Person in red is Jesus. Person in yellow is Peter. Woman on throne is Mary.

Outside of church on the left 'He will hurt his foot' (Genesis). On the right 'The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel'. (Isaiah 7:14). Bottom 'The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.' (John 1:14)

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Jericho

Old Jericho: Where Joshua and children of Israel entered the Promised Land for the first time.
Jericho is about 9500 years old as identified by carvings found on bones.
During David's time, there was no wall. Did Jesus heal 1 or 2 blind men in Jericho? (Matthew 20, Mark 10).

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Church of Visitation

The following photos were taken during a recent trip to Israel with my daughter. The photos show the unforgettable scenery of the Middle East region.

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Wailing Wall/Western Wall

Western wall is built after Jerusalem destroyed.
When Jews pray, they sway forward & backward, because their hearts are like a flame.
The bottom 2 layers of stones are original, then the rest built on.
6 Stars - each star represent 1,000,000 people killed.

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Jordan - Petra

City of Petra, in Jordan, is one of the 7 modern Wonders of the World. For over 600 years, this city, in the middle of the Jordanian desert, was legendary like the Atlantis and troy.

Petra is a name given by Greek, means the City of Rock. It is made up of sandstone, thus is very easy to carve using metal tools in 100 BC. The roads were originally under the sea. Sand stones formation because sand compressed under weight of water.

The Al-Khazneh is 39.5m, carved from top to bottom. 12 columns represents 12 months of the year. Flowers add up to 365 days.

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Sea of Galilee

Sea of Galilee in Tiberias: Where much of Jesus' ministry took place.
There are 27 kinds of fish in the Sea of Galilee. The water is plain, thus is drinkable after refining.

Boat ride in Jesus' boat on Sea of Galilee.

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