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...

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...

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 Brazen Serpent Monument is a sculpture representing the brass serpent lifted up by Moses and the cross upon which Christ was crucified. It was created by Italian ar...

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...

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, The late 6th Century A.D. baptismal font built in a new chapel or diakonikon in the Byzantine church which is now the Roman Catholic Memorial Church of Moses. From Mt....

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, A Byzantine-era mosaic tile floor from the Memorial Church of Moses. From Mount Nebo, Moses was permitted to look down on the Promised Land.

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, A Byzantine-era mosaic tile floor from the Memorial Church of Moses. From Mount Nebo, Moses was permitted to look down on the Promised Land.

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, The Brazen Serpent Monument is a sculpture representing the brass serpent lifted up by Moses and the cross upon which Christ was crucified. It was created by Italian ar...

Israel, The Muhraqa Sanctuary and Monastery commemorating the Old Testament Bible story of the sacrificial contest between the Hebrew prophet Elijah and the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel.

Israel, Jerusalem, Western Wall, Jewish men worship at the Western Wall of the Temple Mount in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City. The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls is a UNESCO World Heritage Si...

Israel, Jerusalem, Western Wall, Jewish men worship at the Western Wall of the Temple Mount in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City. The Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls is a UNESCO World Heritage Si...