Israel, Bet She'an, Bet She'an National Park, The market area in the ruins of the city of Scythopolis, a Roman city in northern Israel. During the Roman era, it was one of the most important of the De...

Israel, Bet She'an, Bet She'an National Park, The ruins of the city of Bet She'an, a Roman city in northern Israel. Bet She'an National Park. In the foreground is the Roman theater. During the Roman e...

Israel, Jaffa, Old Jaffa, A whimsical fountain with fancifal creatures on the tourist plaza next to St. Peter's Church.

Israel, Jerusalem, The Dormition Abbey was built by Benedictine monks on the site of an earlier Byzantine church called Hagia Sion, constructed in the early 5th Century A.D. and destroyed in 612 A.D....

Israel, Jerusalem, The crest with the Franciscan seal on the doors of the Convent of the Sisters of Zion in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The Old City and its Walls is a UNESCO Worl...

Israel, Jerusalem, St. Peter Gallicantu, The Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu is a Roman Catholic church built on the traditional location of the palace of Caiaphas, the high priest, on the eastern...

Israel, Jerusalem, St. Peter Gallicantu, The Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu is a Roman Catholic church built on the traditional location of the palace of Caiaphas, the high priest, on the eastern...

Israel, Jerusalem, Mount Zion, The Dormition Abbey was built by Benedictine monks on the site of an earlier Byzantine church called Hagia Sion, constructed in the early 5th Century A.D. and destroyed...

Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Qasr el Yahud, Christian pilgrims being baptized in the River Jordan at Qasr el Yahud on the Palestine side of the river in the Occupied Territory of the Wes...

Israel, Galilee, Nazareth, The lower level of the Church or Basilica of the Annunciation contains the cave called the Holy Grotto traditionally believed to be the home of Mary in Nazareth before her m...

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, Ruins of the Byzantine-era Siyagha monastery located by the Memorial Church of Moses. Behind is Wadi 'Uyun Musa and Moses' Spring.

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, The late 6th Century A.D. baptismal font and mosaic tile floor built in a new chapel or diakonikon in the Byzantine church which is now the Roman Catholic Memorial Chur...