Tiberias (/taɪˈbɪəriəs/; Hebrew: טְבֶרְיָה, Tveria, Tiveria (audio) ; Arabic: طبرية, Ṭabariyyah; Ancient Greek: Τιβεριάς Tiberiás) is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee (called "the Kinneret" in Hebrew), Lower Galilee.
Population: 39,790
Latitude: 32° 47' 31.96" N
Longitude: 35° 31' 52.46" E
Emek HaYarden Regional Council (Hebrew: מועצה אזורית עמק הירדן, Mo'atza Azorit 'Emeq HayYarden, lit. Jordan Valley Regional Council) is a regional council in the Jordan River Valley between the Sea of Galilee in the north and Beit She'an in the sou…
The Daughters of Jacob Bridge (Hebrew: גשר בנות יעקב, Gesher Bnot Ya'akov; Arabic: جسر بنات يعقوب, Jisr Banât Ya'qūb, lit. Crossing of Jacob's Daughters) is a bridge across the Jordan River on Highway 91, straddling the border between Israel and t…
In the Battle of Al-Sannabra (1113), a Crusader army led by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem was defeated by a Muslim army sent by the Sultan of the Seljuk Turks and commanded by Mawdud ibn Altuntash of Mosul.
Arab al-Na'im (Arabic: عرب النعيم; Hebrew: ערב א-נעים) is a Bedouin village in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee near Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council.
Amirim (Hebrew: אֲמִירִים, lit. Treetops) is a moshav in the Galilee established by vegetarians. Today 150 families live on the moshav. Amirim is located 650 m. above sea level on a hill overlooking the Sea of Galilee. It is 15 km.
Abila (Arabic: ابيلا) – also, Biblical: Abel-Shittim or Ha-Shittim (or simply Shittim) – was an ancient city east of the Jordan River in Moab, later Peraea, near Livias, about twelve km northeast of the north shore of the Dead Sea; the site is now …
Tuba-Zangariyye or Tuba az-Zanghariyya (Arabic: طوبه زنغرية, Hebrew: טוּבָּא-זַנְגָרִיָה) is a Bedouin town in the North District of Israel that achieved local council status in 1988. It was formed by the merger of two villages, Tuba and az-Zangari…
Tel Afek, (Hebrew: תל אפק), also spelled Aphek and Afeq, is an archaeological site located in the coastal hinterland of the Ein Afek Nature Reserve, east of Kiryat Bialik, Israel.
Ramat Yishai (Hebrew: רָמַת יִשַּׁי, Jesse's Heights) is a local council in the North District of Israel, located on the side of the Haifa–Nazareth road about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) eastern to Kiryat Tivon. It was declared a local council in 1958. Ac…
Nazareth Village is an open-air museum in Nazareth, Israel, that reconstructs and reenacts village life in the Galilee in the time of Jesus.
The Nahal Amud (Hebrew: נחל עמוד), also known as the Wadi Amud, is a stream in the Upper Galilee that spills into the Sea of Galilee.
The ruins at Jubb Yussef ("Joseph’s Well" in English, Arabic: جُبّ يُوسِف in Arabic, Hebrew: גוב יוסף) in the Galilee are identified with the pit in Dothan, into which the Biblical figure Joseph was cast into by his brothers, later to be sold to a…
The Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum is a museum located on the grounds of the University of Haifa, Israel.
Samakh (Arabic: سمخ) was a Palestinian Arab village at the south end of Lake Tiberias in Palestine (nw in Israel).
Tamra (Arabic: طمرة; Hebrew: טַמְרָה or תַמְרָה) is an Arab village in north-eastern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council.
Rumat al-Heib (Arabic: رُمة الهـَيـْب; Hebrew: רומת אל-הייב) is a Bedouin village in northern Israel. Located near Nazareth in the Lower Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of the al-Batuf Regional Council. In 2011 it had a population of 1,71…
Ela-Nabi Sa'in Mosque (Hebrew: אלא נבי סעין Arabic: الى النبي ساعين ) is a mosque located at a height of 487 meters above sea level, on the northwestern outskirts of Nazareth, Israel. The mosque is located at the height of the ridge height of encl…
Kishor (Hebrew: כישור, lit. Distaff) is a kibbutz in northern Israel.