A geographer can help others imagine what a far-away place looked like at a given point in time.Research behind a new book by a Terre Haute geography expert could help ...

Bird's eye view of modern Jerusalem, with index in German, by Wartensleben, 1868. The National Library of Israel has released a collection of 200 high-resolution unique maps of Jerusalem, part of ...

Author of this book, Uri Tal, gave us a grand tour in four selected locations in Israel. "The tradition of sacred Muslim tombs began with the Early Muslim period of 634 CE.

The pope’s schedule may not lessen tensions, either. The Holy Land teems with antiquity. But so much of the land’s ancient past, its hallowed temples and shrines, are the subject of heated ...

A typical Holy Land tour will begin in Jerusalem's Old City, visit sites revered by Muslims, hear about Jewish history, see the Western Wall, pray at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, visit nearby ...

Israel officially opened a stairway, known as "Pilgrim's Road," that Jesus is believed to have walked on in ancient Jerusalem as another place for Judeo-Christian visitors to see in the Holy Land.