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1. Major Biblical Cities
- Jerusalem → Jerusalem (Al-Quds), Israel/Palestine
- Bethlehem → Bethlehem, West Bank (Palestine)
- Nazareth → Nazareth, Israel
- Capernaum → Archaeological site near Kfar Nahum, Israel
- Hebron → Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank (Palestine)
- Jericho → Jericho, West Bank (Palestine)
- Samaria → Sebastia ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
- Shiloh → Khirbet Seilun, near Shiloh, West Bank
- Bethel → Beitin, near Ramallah, West Bank
- Ai → Et-Tell, West Bank
- Gibeon → El-Jib, West Bank
- Shechem → Tell Balata / modern Nablus, West Bank
- Damascus → Damascus, Syria
- Babylon → Hillah region, Iraq
- Nineveh → Mosul, Iraq
- Ur of the Chaldees → Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq
- Haran → Harran, Turkey
- Susa (Shushan) → Shush, Iran
- Ephesus → Near Selçuk, Turkey
- Corinth → Near Corinth, Greece
- Athens → Athens, Greece
- Rome → Rome, Italy
- Tyre → Sur, Lebanon
- Sidon → Saida, Lebanon
- Caesarea Maritima → Caesarea ruins, Israel
- Philippi → Ruins near Kavala, Greece
- Laodicea → Near Denizli, Turkey
- Colossae → Near Honaz, Turkey
- Thessalonica → Thessaloniki, Greece
- Pergamum (Pergamos) → Bergama, Turkey
- Sardis → Sart ruins, near Manisa, Turkey
- Smyrna → Izmir, Turkey
- Patmos → Patmos Island, Greece
2. Regions & Nations
- Canaan → Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, western Jordan, southwest Syria
- Philistia → Gaza Strip and southern coastal Israel
- Moab → Central Jordan (east of the Dead Sea)
- Edom → Southern Jordan
- Ammon → Amman region, Jordan
- Aram (Syria) → Central and western Syria
- Assyria → Northern Iraq & parts of Syria/Turkey
- Babylonia → Southern Iraq
- Persia → Iran
- Media → Northwestern Iran
- Macedonia → Northern Greece & North Macedonia
- Galatia → Central Turkey
- Cappadocia → Central Turkey
- Pontus → Northern Turkey (Black Sea coast)
- Phrygia → Western-central Turkey
- Pamphylia → Southern Turkey
- Lycia → Southwestern Turkey
- Crete → Crete Island, Greece
- Cyprus → Cyprus
- Egypt → Egypt
- Kush (Cush) → Sudan/Ethiopia region
- Sheba → Yemen / possibly Ethiopia
- Midian → Northwestern Saudi Arabia / southern Jordan
- Mesopotamia → Iraq / parts of Syria & Turkey
- Phoenicia → Lebanon & coastal Syria
- Patria of Israel (12 Tribes lands) → Divided across modern Israel, West Bank, Jordan
3. Rivers, Seas & Mountains
- Jordan River → Jordan River (Israel/Jordan border)
- Euphrates → Euphrates River (Turkey, Syria, Iraq)
- Tigris (Hiddekel) → Tigris River (Turkey, Iraq)
- Nile → Nile River (Egypt, Sudan)
- Sea of Galilee (Lake Gennesaret, Lake Tiberias) → Sea of Galilee, Israel
- Dead Sea (Salt Sea) → Dead Sea (Israel/Jordan)
- Mediterranean Sea (Great Sea) → Mediterranean Sea
- Red Sea → Red Sea (Egypt/Saudi Arabia)
- Mount Sinai (Horeb) → Jebel Musa or nearby peaks, Sinai Peninsula (Egypt)
- Mount Zion → Hill in Jerusalem, Israel
- Mount Carmel → Haifa region, Israel
- Mount Tabor → Lower Galilee, Israel
- Mount Hermon → Border of Israel, Lebanon, Syria
- Mount Gilboa → Near Jezreel Valley, Israel
- Mount Nebo → Near Madaba, Jordan
- Mount Ararat → Ağrı Dağı, Turkey
- Mount of Olives → East of Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
4. Smaller Towns & Villages
- Bethany → Al-Eizariya, West Bank
- Bethsaida → Et-Tell or El-Araj (disputed, northern Sea of Galilee, Israel)
- Emmaus → Possibly Abu Ghosh or Nicopolis (disputed, Israel/West Bank)
- Ramah → Er-Ram, north of Jerusalem, West Bank
- Lachish → Tell ed-Duweir, Israel
- Ashkelon → Ashkelon, Israel
- Ashdod → Ashdod, Israel
- Ekron → Tel Miqne, Israel
- Gath → Tell es-Safi, Israel
- Beersheba → Beersheba, Israel
- Endor → Indur, Israel
- Zarephath → Sarafand, Lebanon
- Joppa (Jaffa, Yafo) → Part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Ono → Near Kiryat Ono, Israel
- Chorazin → Ruins north of Sea of Galilee, Israel
- Magdala → Migdal, near Tiberias, Israel
- Nain → Near Mount Tabor, Israel