
The Prophet, Elijah, called down fire from heaven to challenge the false prophets of Ba'al at the summit of Mt. Carmel.

In AD 70, Roman legions besieged Jerusalem, burning the Holy Temple and destroying the city.

The Biblical couples Abraham and Sarah, Jacob and Leah, and Isaac and Rebekah were buried in Nazareth.

When fleeing from King Saul, one of the places in which David sought refuge was the desert of Ein Gedi.

Jesus walked on the waters of the Dead Sea.

When the Temple was destroyed in AD 70 by the Romans, the only remnant is the vast plaza upon which the Temple stood.

The original inhabitants of Jerusalem lived in what we know today as the the Old City.

The site of Christ's transfiguration was Golgotha