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Places from history and the Bible. More evidence it is true.

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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
 
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