Category

Old Testament

Patriarchs, prophets and kings — the land before the Gospels.

8 destinations

5/5 Significance

Nasiriyah, Iraq

Ur of the Chaldees

The Sumerian city Abraham left when the call came.

5/5 · Scripturally central

5/5 Significance

Hebron, Palestine

Cave of the Patriarchs

Abraham's burial field, enclosed by Herod and never abandoned.

5/5 · Scripturally central

4/5 Significance

Doğubayazıt, Turkey

Mount Ararat

The snow-capped landing place named at the end of the flood.

4/5 · Major biblical site

4/5 Significance

Shiloh, Palestine

Shiloh

Israel's first sanctuary, where the tabernacle stood for centuries.

4/5 · Major biblical site

4/5 Significance

Hillah, Iraq

Babylon

The empire of the exile, and the city of the prophets' laments.

4/5 · Major biblical site

4/5 Significance

Haifa, Israel

Mount Carmel

The ridge where Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal.

4/5 · Major biblical site

4/5 Significance

Megiddo, Israel

Megiddo

Twenty-six cities stacked on one mound above the valley of Armageddon.

4/5 · Major biblical site

4/5 Significance

Beer Sheva, Israel

Beersheba

The well at the edge of the desert where the patriarchs swore oaths.

4/5 · Major biblical site