Pieced together. The cartographic accuracy of the Madaba Map enabled scholars to identify landmarks in its representation of Jerusalem. Among these is the New Church of St. Mary, the Mother of God ...

According to Reuters, Hamas posessess rockets that are capable of a 150-mile range, though with limited accuracy. Although these rockets could theoretically make it to holy sites in Jerusalem and ...

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 ...

Christiaan van Adrichom almost certainly never visited Jerusalem before making this map in 1584. He was a Catholic priest working in Cologne, in what is now Germany, at a time when the Holy Land ...

The maps are a unique window into how people thought of, dreamed of, and envisioned the Holy Land 500 years ago - Click the link for more details.

Understanding The Map Of Jerusalem, ... Muslim and Christian holy sites — was captured by Israel in 1967. ... The Palestinians see it as a land grab, ...

The "Holy Land" refers to modern-day Israel, the Palestinian Territories and, by some definitions, areas close to them. This part of the world is of great religious importance for Christianity ...

Today, the Franciscans care for 65 of the most significant Holy Land sites, including Bethlehem’s Basilica of the Nativity, the Garden of Gethsemane, and Jerusalem’s Basilica of the Holy ...