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Bethlehem (Beit Lahm in Arabic) in the Biblical story is the town of David and of Jesus. The religious center of Bethlehem is the Church of the Nativity, a 6th century basilica.
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View of the Grotto of Pan. The spring emerging from this cave became a center of pagan worship. Beginning in the 3rd century BC., sacrifices were cast into the cave as offerings to the god Pan - the half-man half-goat god of fright (thus "panic"), is often depicted playing the flute. This city known as Panias has been corrupted in the Arabic language to its modern name of Banias.
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Camel resting on the Mount of Olives
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Camels at sunrise in the Judean wilderness near Arad.
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This carving, which may have been a door lentil, some say represents a Roman Cart (carruca), while others have maintained it is an "ark," which was used in the synagogue to house the biblical scrolls.
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Among the stone reliefs that once decorated the synagogue is is thought to be the Ark of the Covenant atop a cart (2 Samuel 6:3: "They set the ark of God on a new cart.")
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Entrance to vistors center at boat dock.
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Synagogue front faces Jersualem, so that when the people prayed they would face Jersualem.
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An olive press, millstones as well as other objects suggest that Capernaum may have been one of the villages that manufactured these items for trade.
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Greek Orthodox Church
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Greek Orthodox Church
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This restored synagogue dates to the late 4th century CE. It is built on the foundation of a basalt synagogue from the time of Jesus.
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