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The Bible Lands Museum ( Hebrew: מוזיאון ארצות המקרא ירושלים, Arabic: متحف بلدان الكتاب) is an archaeological museum in Jerusalem, that explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible including ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Arameans, Hittites, Elamites, Phoenicians and Persians .
The area around Mount Gerizim is identified by the Samaritans as the "land of Moriah", or "Moreh". Moriah / mɒˈraɪə / ( Hebrew: מוֹרִיָּה , Mōrīyya; Arabic: ﻣﺮﻭﻩ, Marwah) is the name given to a mountainous region in the Book of Genesis, where the binding of Isaac by Abraham is said to have taken place. Jews identify ...
MAY-gog; Hebrew: גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג, romanized : Gōg ū-Māgōg) or Yajuj and Majuj ( Arabic: يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ, romanized : Yaʾjūju wa-Maʾjūju) are a pair of names that appear in the Bible and the Quran, variously ascribed to individuals, tribes, or lands. In Ezekiel 38, Gog is an individual and Magog is ...
Laistrygon. Home to a tribe of giant cannibals that Odysseus encountered on his way back home from the Trojan War . Meropis. A gigantic island created purely as a parody of Plato 's Atlantis . Mount Olympus. "Olympos" was the name of the home of the Twelve Olympian gods of the ancient Greek world.
Chaldea [1] ( / kælˈdiːə /) was a small country that existed between the late 10th or early 9th and mid-6th centuries BC, after which the country and its people were absorbed and assimilated into the indigenous population of Babylonia. [2] Semitic -speaking, it was located in the marshy land of the far southeastern corner of Mesopotamia and ...
The locations, lands, and nations mentioned in the Bible are not all listed here. Some locations might appear twice, each time under a different name. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included. See also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.
The Land of Israel ( Hebrew: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, Modern: ʾEreṣ Yīsraʾel, Tiberian: ʾEreṣ Yīsrāʾēl) is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant. Related biblical, religious and historical English terms include the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Holy Land, and Palestine. The definitions of ...
Ablom, Refuge for Omer and his Family. Plains of Agosh, Jaredite battle area. Aiath ( / ˈaɪəθ / ), [1] Also known as Ai (Bible) (possibly Et-Tell) Wilderness of Akish, Jaredite Refuge and Battle Area. Valley of Alma, Rest stop for Alma and his Followers. City of Ammonihah, Wicked Nephite City, 'Desolation of Nehors'.