亚壁古道

The success of the Roman army was heavily dependent on the development of its roads. As the saying goes, “All roads lead to Rome.” The clever Romans used the construction of excellent roads as a tool to extend their power. This rapid and efficient transportation network was one of the greatest contributors to the Roman […]

安东尼亚营楼

The Antonia Fortress was a citadel built by Herod the Great in 37 BC as part of his extensive urban development of Jerusalem. Around 20 BC, Herod began a massive and ambitious project to rebuild the Temple. By the time of Jesus, the Temple was not yet fully completed, but its scale was already magnificent. […]

基拉耳

Gerar was a major Canaanite city located on the Philistine plain, about 20 kilometers northwest of Beersheba and southeast of Gaza. Archaeological evidence indicates it was inhabited from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age (3000-600 BC), flourishing most during the patriarchal period. The Gerar Valley is a wadi (dry riverbed) centered on the modern-day […]

特罗亚

Troy (Troas) is located at the northwestern tip of modern-day Turkey, at the mouth of the Dardanelles, facing the small island of Tenedos. It was expanded by Antigonus, one of the successors of Alexander the Great, around 300 BC. Its full name was Alexandria Troas, but it was generally referred to simply as Troas. It […]

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Athens was an ancient Greek city-state. During the city-state era, it was located on the Attic plain, at the confluence of the Gulf of Corinth and the Aegean Sea. Its core was the Acropolis, a high citadel next to the Hill of Ares, which later developed into the city-state that flourished on the Attic plain. […]

基利家

[Acts 15:40-41] “But Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of God. And he went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.” Around the time of the New Testament, Cilicia was a province of the Roman Empire. It bordered Syria to the east, with parts of it extending into […]

迦萨 (即：加沙)

Gaza is the capital of today’s Gaza Strip, located about 61 kilometers west of Hebron and 45 kilometers northwest of Beersheba, approximately 5 kilometers from the Mediterranean coast. The ancient city was built on a small hill about 33 meters high. Its fertile land and fifteen nearby springs, which supplied water for both residents and […]

罗马人

The Roman people were a culturally unified group, also described as an ethnic group or a nationality. From the 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD, the Romans ruled large parts of the Near East, North Africa, and Europe through the conquests of the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Initially, “Roman” referred […]

大马色

Damascus, still known by its original name in English, is the capital of modern-day Syria, located in the southeast, very close to both Israel and Lebanon. The city is situated on the edge of the Great Syrian Desert, in a fertile valley oasis on the western slopes of Mount Hermon. The oasis is about 48 […]

毕士大池

The Pool of Bethesda is a set of pools located in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, near the ancient “Sheep Gate” (close to the modern-day Lion’s Gate). The history of the Pool of Bethesda began in the 8th century BC, when a dam was constructed to create a reservoir for collecting rainwater. Gates […]