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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Israel
By Dale K. Benington, April 5, 2019
Ancient Road Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| Near Northern District Route 888 just north of Northern District Route 87, on the left when traveling north. |
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English Text:
This is the ancient road leading to the city gate. The road was paved during the 10th century B.C.E. and was in use until the 3rd century C.E. It was paved on a series of terraces seen in the slope. Farther ahead the road . . . — — Map (db m139308) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 888 north of Northern District Route 87, on the left when traveling north. |
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English Text:
The inner city gate includes
four chambers, two on each side.
In this chamber vessels
for offerings at the high places were kept.
The other three chambers served as granaries.
The city gate was destroyed by the . . . — — Map (db m139336) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 888 just north of Northern District Route 87, on the left when traveling north. |
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English Text:
The outer city gate was part of the heavy
fortification that protected the city.
It included an inner city gate and four solid towers.
Between the two gates was a spacious paved courtyard.
The gate of Bethsaida . . . — — Map (db m139317) HM |
| On Route 888 just north of Northern District Route 87, on the left when traveling north. |
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English Text:
The inhabitants of the kingdom of Geshur were
Aramaens and the high places and ritual
objects reflect their religion.
On the sacrificial high place were found
fragments of basins, horned altars, and an
incised . . . — — Map (db m139343) HM |
| Near Route 888 just north of Route 87, on the left when traveling north. |
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Whenever he went, to village or town or farm,
they laid the sick in the streets and begged him
to let them simply touch the edge of his cloak;
and all who touched him were healed.
Mark 6:56 — — Map (db m139383) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 888 north of Northern District Route 87, on the left when traveling north. |
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Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee when
he saw Simon and his brother Andrew
at work with casting-nets in the lake;
for they were fishermen. Jesus said to them,
'Come follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.'
At once they left . . . — — Map (db m139366) HM |
| Near Route 888 just north of Route 87, on the left when traveling north. |
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English Text:
Wine is like life to men, if you drink it
in moderation. What is life to a man who
is without wine?
It has been created to make men glad.
Sirach 31:27 — — Map (db m139374) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 92 0.08 kilometers south of Northern District Route 789, on the left when traveling south. |
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English Text:
In the time of the most God - beloved Stephanos the priest and abbot was made the mosaic of the Photisterion in the month of December fourth indiction in the time of the pious and Christ - beloved our King Mauricius . . . — — Map (db m139423) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 92 at Route 789 when traveling south. |
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Kursi, east of the Sea of Galilee, is identified with Gergessa, or with "the Land of the Gardarenes," of the New testament, where the miracle of the swine took place. (Luke 8:26-39)
There were three main periods of settlement at Kursi: . . . — — Map (db m139392) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 888 north of Northern District Route 87, on the left when traveling north. |
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English Text:
This is the heart of the ancient town.
Here the public activities of the city took
place. It was the center of commercial,
juridicial, and religious life.
"Now David was sitting between the two gates,
and . . . — — Map (db m139327) HM |
| On Jordan River Walk west of Route 90. |
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According to the Gospel of John, scripture indicates that Jesus was baptized very close to this part of the “Jordan River”. Of the four Gospel writers, John was the only one present when Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist.
In . . . — — Map (db m44228) HM |
| Near Highway 87 3.3 kilometers east of Route 90. |
| | Capharnaum the town of Jesus
He left Nazareth and went to live in Capharnaum by the sea (Gospel of Matthew 4:13). He entered a boat, made a crossing, and came into his own town (Gospel of Matthew 9:1).
The House of Simon Peter
On . . . — — Map (db m44108) HM |
| Near Route 87 3.3 kilometers east of Route 90. |
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The synagogue is made up of four units, namely the prayer hall, the eastern courtyard, the southern porch, and a side-room near the northwestern corner of the prayer hall.
The prayer hall, with the faηade toward Jerusalem, is rectangular in . . . — — Map (db m44055) HM |
| Near Route 87 0.8 kilometers east of Route 90. |
| | History
28–350 AD
The Judeo-Christians of Capharnaum venerated a large rock upon which Jesus is said to have laid the bread and fish before he fed the five thousand (Mk 6:30-44)
ca. 350 AD
Used as an altar, the rock . . . — — Map (db m44034) HM |
| | The synagogue was discovered in 1905 by H. Kohl and C. Waltzinger.
It is a square building belonging to the Galilean type of synagogue with a number of special components:
The main entrance in the eastern wall.
The niche for holy ark in . . . — — Map (db m126103) HM |
| | Qarne Hittin is the crater of an ancient volcano that was active 4.3 million years ago. On the north and the south sides of the crater are the mountain's two "horns", which gave rise to the Hebrew name Qarne Hittin meaning "horns of wheat."
On . . . — — Map (db m137054) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 87 16.7 kilometers east of Northern District Route 90, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Capharnaum is located on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, 16 kilometers northeast of modern Tiberias, 3 kilometers northeast of ancient Heptapegon (modern Tabgha), and 5 kilometers southwest of the upper Jordan River. The original Semitic . . . — — Map (db m139434) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 87 16.7 kilometers east of Northern District Route 90, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Late Fourth Century A.D.
"White Synagogue"
Built Upon the Remains of the
"Synagogue of Jesus" — — Map (db m64091) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 8277 2.5 kilometers east of Northern District Route 90, on the right when traveling east. |
| | English Text:
"Corazin, a village in the Galilee, cursed by the Messiah, lies in ruins today."
[Eusebius, a 4th century church patriarch]
Jesus and his disciples preached and taught along the shores of Lake . . . — — Map (db m140122) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 8277 2.5 kilometers east of Northern District Route 90, on the right when traveling east. |
| | English Text:
Chorazin's synagogue was built of hard, dark basalt stones, difficult to carve and engrave.
Despite this, the builders and artists managed to carve hundreds of ornamental designs and architectural elements, geometric . . . — — Map (db m140113) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 8277 2.5 kilometers east of Northern District Route 90, on the right when traveling east. |
| | English Text:
A decorated conch which flanked the Ark of the law. — — Map (db m140475) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 8277 2.5 kilometers east of Northern District Route 90, on the right when traveling east. |
| | English Text:
A decorated column, part of the Ark of the Law. — — Map (db m140479) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 8277 2.5 kilometers east of Northern District Route 90, on the right when traveling east. |
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In Greek mythology, Medusa was one of the three Gorgons. Whoever dared to look her in the face was instantly turned to stone. Perseus (averting his eyes) succeeded in killing her and the winged horse Pegasus was born from . . . — — Map (db m140103) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 8277 2.5 kilometers east of Northern District Route 90, on the right when traveling east. |
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English Text:
"Seat (Cathedra) of Moses"
One of the important finds in the Chorazin synagogue is a decorated basalt chair with an Aramaic inscription which mentions Yudan, son of Yishmael, who donated of his wealth to the building of . . . — — Map (db m140472) HM |
| Near Northern District Route 8277 2.5 kilometers east of Northern District Route 90, on the right when traveling east. |
| | English text:
Chorazin's ancient synagogue was first excavated in 1905-1907 by a German expedition headed by H. Kohl and C. Watzinger, and in the 1920s and in 1939 by the Mandatory Department of Antiquities and the Hebrew University of . . . — — Map (db m140488) HM |
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על גבעה זו שכנה בתקופת הבית השני העיירה . . . — — Map (db m132004) HM |
| Near Rosh Pina - Metulla Road just east of Northern District Route 90, on the left when traveling east. |
| | English Text:
Dated to the 10th century BCE, this gate has six chambers and two towers. Similar gates have been uncovered at Megiddo and Gezer. A summary of King Solomon's activities indeed indicates that the king built Hazor, Megiddo . . . — — Map (db m141365) HM |
| Near Rosh Pina - Metulla Road just east of Northern District Route 90, on the left when traveling east. |
| | English Text:
The southern temple was in use from the Middle Bronze Age until the Late Bronze Age (17th-14th centuries BCE). The temple was originally a prominent structure, with wide, well-constructed walls, and its three strata of . . . — — Map (db m141372) HM |
| Near Rosh Pina - Metulla Road just east of Northern District Route 90, on the left when traveling east. |
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English Text:
Canaanite Temple
(c. 15th-14th centuries BCE) — — Map (db m141422) HM |
| Near Rosh Pina - Metulla Road just east of Northern District Route 90, on the left when traveling east. |
| | English Text:
Israelite Hazor, from the 10th century BCE (the time of the United Monarchy), included only the upper city. The area of the Israelite city extended over some 35 dunams, and its inhabitants numbered between 1,000 and 1,500. . . . — — Map (db m141415) HM |
| Near Rosh Pina - Metulla Road just east of Northern District Route 90, on the left when traveling east. |
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This palace, which served the kings of Hazor during the 14th-13th centuries BCE, is of a ceremonial nature (The administrative palace is to be sought elsewhere on the site). The plan, consisting of a courtyard and a throne . . . — — Map (db m141407) HM |
| Near Rosh Pina - Metulla Road just east of Northern District Route 90, on the left when traveling east. |
| | English Text:
The story of Hazor is represented by 21 layers of settlement. The history of Hazor can be divided into two chapters: Canaanite Hazor and Israelite Hazor.
Canaanite Hazor
You are now in the upper city and . . . — — Map (db m141417) HM |
| Near Rosh Pina - Metulla Road just east of Northern District Route 90, on the left when traveling east. |
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The biblical tels of Hazor, Megiddo, and Beer Sheba were inscribed in 2005 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as World Heritage Sites with outstanding universal value. They are . . . — — Map (db m141414) HM |
| Near Rosh Pina - Metulla Road just east of Northern District Route 90, on the left when traveling east. |
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Constructed during the reign of King Ahab (the 9th century BCE), it was designed to supply the inhabitants of the city with water in times of siege. A vertical shaft was dug through the earlier occupation layers, at the . . . — — Map (db m141421) HM |
| Near Israel National Trail just north of Northern District Route 99, on the right when traveling north. |
| | English Text:
The entrance gate to Dan from the time of the Israelite Kingdom.
– Gate chamber
– Canopied structure for a king or a judge
– Paved, outer piazza for chariots
English Text on Marker . . . — — Map (db m141428) HM |
| Near Israel National Trail just north of Northern District Route 99, on the right when traveling north. |
| | English Text:
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them as far as Dan.
Genesis 14:14
Exterior entry . . . — — Map (db m141448) HM |
| Near Israel National Trail just north of Northern District Route 99, on the right when traveling north. |
| | English text:
This gate which was approached on a stepped path, is built of three arches. The arches, the piers supporting them, and the towers flanking the gate are constructed of sun-baked bricks and were covered with white plaster. . . . — — Map (db m141441) HM |
| Near National Route 99 just east of Route 999, on the left when traveling north. |
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Nemesis was the goddess of vengeance and Roman imperial justice. Her long and narrow court was built in 178 CE in front of a great niche in which her statue was placed. A Greek inscription above the niche mentions the names . . . — — Map (db m64781) HM |
| Near National Route 99 just east of Farm to Market Road 999, on the left when traveling north. |
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The stepped and paved courtyard on which you are standing was built in the mid-first century CE. An artificial cave was quarried in the cliff-face opposite the courtyard, and there the statue of Pan was placed. Pagan . . . — — Map (db m64754) HM |
| Near National Route 99 just east of Local Route 999, on the left when traveling north. |
| | English Text:
The cave is the nucleus beside which the sacred sanctuary was built. In this "abode of the shepherd god," pagan cult began as early as the 3rd century BCE. The ritual sacrifices were cast into a natural abyss reaching the . . . — — Map (db m64738) HM |
| Near National Route 99 just east of Local Route 999, on the left when traveling north. |
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The conquests of Alexander the Great (3rd c. BCE) brought the Greeks to the East, and to Banyas. The Greeks were taken by the natural beauty of the site, touched particularly by the cave in which the springs welled. It is . . . — — Map (db m64764) HM |
| Near National Route 99 just east of Local Route 999, on the left when traveling north. |
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Built in 19 BCE, during the reign of Herod the Great, in honor of the Roman Emperor Augustus. The coin at the top of this text, shows the facade of the temple. In front of you is the western wall of the hall with . . . — — Map (db m65177) HM |
| Near National Route 99 just east of Local Route 999, on the left when traveling north. |
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This structure was built around 220 CE. Only parts of this temple survived. Among them are the north wall, part of a semicircular hall (apse), and a semicircular niche behind it. This same structure is depicted on the . . . — — Map (db m141468) HM |
| Near National Route 99 just east of Route 999, on the left when traveling north. |
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Built around 96 CE in the days of Emperor Trajan, for the city's 100th anniversary. A marble inscription found at the site implies that it was a temple for Pan and for Zeus of Heliopolis (the city of Ba'albek). Only the . . . — — Map (db m64768) HM |
| Near National Route 99 just east of Local Route 999, on the left when traveling north. |
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This building was erected around 220 CE, in the days of Emperor Elagabalos. The bones of goats that took part in the rituals were buried in the rectangular niches in the main hall, together with offerings of pottery, glass . . . — — Map (db m141458) HM |
| Near T. Ben Amar Street just south of Sderot David Ben Gurion, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Ashqelon is a coastal city, located on the Via Maris. Its plentiful water sources and fertile soil account for its prominence throughout the ages. Its name, Ashqelon, derived from the term Sheqel, a weight-measure, attests to its role as a trade sea . . . — — Map (db m132462) HM |
| Near T. Ben Amar Street just south of Sderot David Ben Gurion, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Before you are remains of the moat and the wall that enclosed the Muslim city. In 1153 CE, the Crusaders conquered Ashqelon from the Muslims. In 1187 the Muslims, led by Saladin, drove the Crusaders out of the city, destroyed it and blocked up the . . . — — Map (db m132466) HM |
| Near T. Ben Amar Street just south of Sderot David Ben Gurion, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Middle Bronze period, Ashqelon was a prominent port town, founded ca. 1950 BCE, with a population of roughly 15,000. Its inhabitants farmed for a living and exported their agricultural produce - wine, olive oil, wheat, sheep and cattle - to . . . — — Map (db m132496) HM |
| Near T. Ben Amar Street just south of Sderot David Ben Gurion, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This is the most ancient arched gate in the world. It consists of an arched corridor with arched openings on both ends. The gate was constructed in approximately 1850 BCE as part of the citys fortification system, and is built mostly of mud bricks . . . — — Map (db m132499) HM |
| Near T. Ben Amar Street just south of Sderot David Ben Gurion, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Canaanite city was established in approximately 1950 BCE and some 15,000 people lived here. The 600-dunam city was fortified by a wall and a moat about 100 years after it was established, in defense against the Egyptian threat. The wall stood . . . — — Map (db m132494) HM |
| Near T. Ben Amar Street just south of Sderot David Ben Gurion, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Before you are the remains of a sanctuary constructed within the stone glacis near the road leading from the beach to the city.
The silver-coated bronze statuette of a calf was discovered inside a shrine-shaped pottery vessel in a storeroom of . . . — — Map (db m132497) HM |
| Near Route 171 2 kilometers from Route 171. |
| | Even from space, Makhtesh Ramon appears as a masterpiece of the spirit of the earth.
This is the genesis landscape from which Ilan Ramon's name is taken. This is the most fitting place to commemorate the Space Shuttle Columbia crew, who perished on . . . — — Map (db m126980) HM |
| | The story of the Negev Brigade in the War of Independence
(Nov, 1947 – March, 1949)
The Brigade, whose ranks included local settlers, fought
courageously against superior forces – Arab irregulars and the
invading Egyptian Army . . . — — Map (db m92482) WM |
| Near Southern District Route 3415 2.3 kilometers south of Southern District Route 35, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here you see the two outer gatehouses, one on top of the other. look through the scope to get an idea of the size of the lower gatehouse. It was built at the time of King Asa (908-867 BCE) or King Jehoshaphat (870-867 BCE), and continued in use . . . — — Map (db m132577) HM |
| Near Southern District Route 3415 2.3 kilometers south of Southern District Route 35, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Assyrian army built a huge stone ramp against the city walls. This ramp allowed the attackers to bring up battering rams to breach the wall. The base of the ramp you see here is about 70 meters wide and 16 meters high.
As in other places in . . . — — Map (db m132530) HM |
| Near Southern District Route 3415 2.3 kilometers south of Southern District Route 35, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Lachish was situated close to the western border of the Kingdom of Judah, facing the Philistines cities and on the to Egypt. Because of the citys location, the kings of Judah built particularly strong fortifications for it, including a number of . . . — — Map (db m132608) HM |
| Near Southern District Route 3415 2.3 kilometers south of Southern District Route 35, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The palace apparently served as the seat of the citys governor representing the king of Judah. The huge palace complex from the time of King Hezekiah extended over more than 12.5 dunams (1.25 hectares) and included a large courtyard, a central . . . — — Map (db m132611) HM |
| Near Southern District Route 3415 2.3 kilometers south of Southern District Route 35, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The biblical, city of Lachish is identified with the archaeological mound you see before you, on the edge of Wadi Lachish, along which ran the main road from the coastal plain to the Hebron Mountains.
Settlement began here in the Neolithic . . . — — Map (db m132634) HM |
| Near Southern District Route 3415 2.3 kilometers south of Southern District Route 35, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In this room some 20 potsherds were discovered, bearing inscriptions in ink (ostraca) in ancient Hebrew. These letters are dated to the last years before the Babylonian invasion of the Land of Israel (beginning of the sixth century BCE).
The . . . — — Map (db m132606) HM |
| Near Southern District Route 3415 2.3 kilometers south of Southern District Route 35, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The entrance to the fortified city from the time of the kings of Judah was via an impressive gateway enclosure consisting of an outer and an inner gatehouse, between which was an open paved plaza.
The gateway was the beating heart of the city - . . . — — Map (db m132598) HM |
| Near Masada National Park Service Road just west of National Route 90, on the right when traveling south. |
| | "The fittings of the interior - apartments, colonnades and baths - were of manifold variety and sumptuous ..."
Josephus Flavius
Beyond the human need for cleanliness, the bathhouse also had a social function. Bathing and the . . . — — Map (db m64079) HM |
| Near Masada National Park Service Road just west of National Route 90, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Why did the king raise doves on the mountain?
There were three columbarium towers on Masada. The one in front of us was used as a dovecot in its ground floor, and as a watchtower in its upper story. In the walls of the dovecot are several . . . — — Map (db m64068) HM |
| Near Masada National Park Service Road just west of National Route 90, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A large and rare concentration of finds from the time of the revolt was found in a corner of the room of the wall in which we stand: inscribed sheets of papyrus, fragments of scrolls, silver shekel coins, textiles, sandals, and glass vessels and . . . — — Map (db m64071) HM |
| Near Masada National Park Service Road just west of National Route 90, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Here the siege of Masada ended. The ramp that the Romans had built up to the summit of the mountain reached to below this point. At the top of the ramp rose the siege tower, and in it was the battering ram with which the Romans assaulted the . . . — — Map (db m64069) HM |
| Near Masada National Park Service Road just west of National Route 90, on the right when traveling south. |
| | "...then, having chosen by lot ten of their number to dispatch the rest... these, having unswervingly slaughtered all, ordained the same rule of the lot for one another, that he on whom it fell should slay first the nine nd then himself last of . . . — — Map (db m64101) HM |
| Near Masada National Park Service Road just west of National Route 90, on the right when traveling south. |
| | How to organize community life under siege?
Near the western entrance square were discovered large concentrations of inscribed pottery shards (ostraca) from the period of the revolt. They bear names, combinations of letters or single letters in . . . — — Map (db m64077) HM |
| Near Masada National Park Service Road just west of National Route 90, on the right when traveling south. |
| | "Long since, my brave men, we determined neither to serve the Romans nor any other save God ..."
Josephus Flavius
The rebels' way of life on Masada required a building suitable for community meetings and Torah readings. This . . . — — Map (db m64076) HM |
| Near Masada National Park Service Road just west of National Route 90, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The path that climbed to Masada from the west via the cisterns terminated at this gate. Visitors to the mountain and the beasts of burden that carried water took this path to the summit of Masada. A channel starting at the gate carried to some of . . . — — Map (db m64148) HM |
| Near Route 90 1 kilometer west of Masada Junction (Route 90). |
| | Generations go by and the mountain remains. Herod built for himself a magnificent fortress-palace, and the Romans and the Jewish rebels added a drama of siege and slaughter. Here the early monks of the Judean desert sought communion with the creator . . . — — Map (db m128331) HM |
| Near Shim'on Ha'bursekai Street just west of Kikar Kdumim, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Various Christian traditions tell the story of Simon the Tanner, who lived in this house and hosted Peter the Apostle here. It was here that Peter raised Tabitha fom the dead and saw his famous vision in which he was commanded to eat animals . . . — — Map (db m132302) HM |
| On Kikar Kdumim just north of Shim'on Ha'bursekai Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Jaffa port is one of the oldest ports in the world, in almost continuous operation for the past 4,000 years. The port takes advantage of calcareous sandstone (kurkar) reefs that create a natural breakwater and safe haven. Beginning in the . . . — — Map (db m132314) HM |
| Near Segev Street just north of Louis Pasteur Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The temple got its name from a lioness' skull that was found within it, which was apparently used in a ritual performed here at the time of the Canaanites, and from an altar that served in the worship of the Canaanite goddess Ashtoreth, who is . . . — — Map (db m132315) HM |
| On Louis Pasteur Street just east of Ha-Migdalor Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | According to the biblical book of Jonah. God told Jonah to go to Nineveh and tell its inhabitants that they had sinned. But Jonah refused and instead, boarded a ship in the Jaffa port bound for Tarshish. During the voyage a storm broke out. Jonah . . . — — Map (db m132301) HM |
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