1. ISRAEL
and
PALESTINE
Martin Randall Travel
25th October – 3rd November, 2011
Presented
by
Rita Lewis

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JERUSALEM
CHURCH
of the
HOLY SEPULCHRE
Chapel
of the
Calvary
The Stone
of
Unction

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CHURCH
of the
HOLY SEPULCHRE

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Built by Herod c.24B.C.
JERUSALEM David’s Tower
70A.D., Conquered by Titus.
THE
Used as garrison.
CITADEL
Repaired by Crusaders.

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Reliefs in Museum.

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THE DOME of the ROCK
Queue

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THE WESTERN WALL
by
Day and by Night.

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BENEATH
the
WESTERN WALL
Model of Jerusalem with Herodian
Temple on the Rock.
Excavations

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SOUTHERN
WALL
of
TEMPLE
MOUNT
El Aqsa Mosque
And Minaret;
Arched
Entrance, now
closed;
Excavations

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HERODIAN STREET
HERODIAN WALL
COLLAPSED STEPS
EXCAVATIONS under
STREET

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CARDO
MAXIMUS
Today
and in
Times Past

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JEWISH QUARTER
Sephardic Synagogue View from Jewish Quarter

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King David Hotel View across rooftops
JERUSALEM
Walk Around
The Walls

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El Aqsa Minaret
Armenian Church
Football in Jewish Quarter
Lions’ Gate
JERUSALEM
Roman Road
Market-Place

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There Are no Words Pillar of Heroism
YAD VASHEM
“A MEMORIAL
and a
NAME” Children’s Memorial
Door Sculpture

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St.Catherine’s Church, Franciscan
Cloisters
BETHLEHEM
CHURCH
Of the
NATIVITY

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Within the Walls Synagogue
HERODION
Built
by
Herod the Great
23 – 15B.C.
Seven Storeys;
35m. High walls
above artificial hill.
One of four Towers Roman Garden and Pool

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VIEWS
from
Herodion

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Strong Fortress Site Looking Down on Herod’s Palace
MASADA
Remains of Roman Ramp
Remains of Roman Fort
Baths – Mosaic Floor
600m above Sea Level;
Built by Herod the Great
37 – 31B.C.

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MASADA
Wall Detail
Lecture in Shade Retreat in 90F
Archway Strong Walls

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KIBBUTZ EIN GEDI

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Site Under Cover EIN GEDI View over Dead Sea
Archaeological Site

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Dead Sea from Coach
QUMRAN
Entrance to cave
• Dated C1st BC to C1st AD.
• 500m/s, written in
Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.
• 1947 – Dead Sea Scrolls found
here.
Rocks riddled with caves

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Lovely stone-work Earthquake damage
Beautiful detail
HISHAM’S
PALACE
C8th
Umayyad
Palace
JERICHO
Vast site Entire floor area covered by mosaics

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TEL HAZOR
Dated:
Canaanite Hazor
(Bronze Age);
Israelite Hazor
(Iron Age) View from Tel Hazor
Entrance to Palace
“Hazor
was formerly
the head of all of
those kingdoms”
(Joshua 11:10)
Israeli Store-House Jewish House

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TEL
HAZOR
Cisterns
C9thB.C.

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View from Tzfat
Blue doors
TZFAT/SAFED
Art for sale
Neat street School’s out
Artistic Centre One of Four Holy Cities of Judaism

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Blue paintwork everywhere Name of Old Synagogue
TZFAT/
SAFED
Interior of
Old Synagogue

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GINOSAR
2,000-year-old
Galilee Boat
The Sea of Galilee

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“House of St. Peter” C4th Synagogue
CAPERNAUM

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Church of the
C4th Mosaics
Multiplication TABGHA

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Courtyard Very thick walls
Buildings above
AKKO ACRE
Supports Escape passageway to sea
needed
Crusaders’
Underground
City

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Abandoned Han Mosque
AKKO
Entertainment
Lunch

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View across to old harbour C4th Phoenician harbour reached here
CAESAREA
Site of Herod’s Palace Hippodrome of Herod the Great

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View from Hotel David Intercontinental
BAUHAUS
“White City”
2003 – became
TEL UNESCO site.
AVIV Bauhaus School in
Germany,
1919 – 1933.
International
Modern Style.

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View from private roof garden Lunch
OLD
JAFFA