Places in Bible Times - Other places in Palestine, G

Other places in Palestine, G - L

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Gaza
Gaza.

Gennesaret
View of the plain of Gennesaret..

Gerasa
The village of Jerash, site of ancient Gerasa, city of the Decapolis. The Roman name of the city was Antioch on the Chrysorroas.. In the foreground of the photograph is the market-place or Forum with 56 of its 100 Ionic columns standing. An early photograph.

Gibeon
`High Place` of Gibeon.

Gilead
Jordan Valley - Mts of Gilead, from Belvoir.

Golan
Crusader fortress of Nimrod in Golan Heights.

Haran
Mountains of Haran.

Hermon
Mount Hermon is snow-clad for many months of the year..
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Hermon
Mt Hermon - from Damascus road.

Herodium
View of Herodium - a fortress built by Herod to protect the Balsam trade.

Herodium
Herodium - across the Judean hills, from outside Bethlehem. Herodium is the flat-topped hill. Irony that Herod was buried here, overlooking Bethlehem where he had failed to eradicate Jesus..

Hor
Tomb of Aaron. Summit of Mount Hor.

Hor
Mount Hor. From the cliffs encircling Petra.

Huleh
A mill near Lake Meron or the Marsh of Huleh above Lake Galilee. (A photograph by R E M Bain in about 1890).

Kirjath
Kirjath-Jearim, located at the village of Abu Ghosh about nine miles from Jerusalem on the Jaffa road.. In the centre of the skyline is the church built by the Knights of St. John to mark the supposed site of `the house of Abinadab in the hill` (1 Samuel vii,1). An early photograph.

River Kishon
The River Kishon. `The river Kishon swept away Sisera`s charioteers` (Judges v, 21). On the left we see Mount Carmel. The river here suddenly becomes a dangerous rapid when the torrential rains descend. An early photograph..

Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel and River Kishon..

Lachish
Lachish from a plan and an aerial photograph of the actual excavated remains, shows the double fortifications by Rehoboam, the double gate and governor`s palace. One of the `Lachish letters` is inset.. These are potsherds inscribed in ink in Hebrew writing - official correspondence, just before the fall of Jerusalem, 586 B.C.