Bible Atlas from Space

WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN     CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN     EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN     ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST

This Bible atlas is unique in that it features images of lands of the Bible as seen from space.
Overview Map

Bible Atlas – Lands of the Western Mediterranean

1. ROMAN EMPIRE – Lands of the Roman Empire
2. Overview map of Western Mediterranean
3. ITALY
   1. Italy Overview
      1. Herculaneum
      2. Pompeii –  Aerial view  |  Detailed city plan
      3. Rome
         • Capitoleum
         • Circus Maximus –  model
         • Colosseum –  satellite photo  |  diagram
         • Forum Area
         • Mausoleum of Augustus
         • Pantheon –  photo  |  diagram
         • Vatican –  Overview  |  Art Gallery  |  Egyptian Museum  |  Etruscan Museum  |  Inscription Gallery  |  Library  |  Raphael’s Rooms  |  Sistine Chapel  |  St. Peter’s Basilica  |  St. Peter’s Square
      4. Vesuvius –  Vesuvius & vicinity  |  Vesuvius crater
   2. MALTA
      • Malta   –  Overview of Malta  |  Close-up of St. Paul’s Bay  (site of Paul’s shipwreck)    [TOP]

Bible Atlas – Lands of the Central Mediterranean

1. Overview map of Central Mediterranean
2. AEGEAN SEA
   • Aegean Sea – Surrounding Lands
3. CRETE
   • Overview of Crete
4. GREECE/MACEDONIA
   1. Overview of Greece  (first century CE)
      1. Athens –  Vicinity of Athens  |  Close-up of Athens  |  Athens Greek Agora – photo  |  Athens Greek Agora – artist’s conception  |  Athens Greek Agora – photo  |  Athens Areopagus (Mars Hill)  |  Athens Greek Agora – photo  |  Athens Acropolis – photo  |  Athens Acropolis – artist’s conception
      2. Corinth
   2. Overview of Macedonia  (first century CE)
      1. Philippi –  Vicinity of Philippi  |  Close-up of Philippi
      2. Thessalonica –  Overview of Thessalonica  |  Arch of Galerius  |  Hellenistic Agora/Roman Forum  |  Church of St. Dimitrios  |  Acropolis  |  Rotunda (St. Georgios)  |  Palace of Galerius  |  White Tower  |  Archaeological Museum  |  Museum of Byzantine Culture  | [TOP]

• WESTERN TURKEY
  1. Biblical cities of Turkey
  2. Biblical cities near the Hellespont
     1. Troas –  Satellite image
     2. Assos –  Overview  |  Closeup  |  Acropolis
     3. Adramyttium – Current excavation
  3. Biblical cities of the Lycus Valley
     1. Colossae
     2. Hierapolis of Asia
     3. Laodicea on the Lycus
     4. Places of the Apocalypse  (Book of Revelation)
        1. Ephesus –  Satellite Image of Central District  |  Plan of Ephesus & Temple of Artemis
        2. Laodicea on the Lycus
        3. Patmos
        4. Pergamum (modern Bergama) –  Overview  |  Acropolis  |  Acropolis plan  |  Acropolis model  |  Hellenistic theater plan  |  Lower city  |  Lower city plan  |Aesklepion  |  Aesklepion plan  |  Photo of Altar of Zeus (in Berlin, Germany)  |  Photo of Athena Propylon (in Berlin, Germany)
        5. Philadelphia (modern Alasehir) –  Satellite image
        6. Sardis (modern Sartmahmut) –  Overview  |  Synagogue/Gymnasium Complex  |  Plan of Synagogue/Gymnasium Complex
        7. Smyrna (modern Izmir) –  Vicinity of Smyrna  |  Site of original city  |  Artist’s conception of original Smyrna  |  Graeco-Roman city  |  Acropolis  |  Agora  |  Site of stadium  |  Site of theater  |  Theater plan  |
        8. Thyatira (modern Akhisar) –  Overview  |  Close-up of Tepemezari excavation
  4. NORTH AFRICA
     • Cyrenaica –  Cyrenaica  |  Area surrounding Cyrene  |  Cyrene [TOP]

Bible Atlas – Lands of the Eastern Mediterranean

1. Overview map of the eastern Mediterranean
2. CYPRUS
   1. Overview of Cyprus
   2. Salamis plan
   3. Paphos
3. EGYPT
   1. Egypt  –  Detailed map  |  Egyptology Online
   2. Sinai – Sinai Peninsula | Mount Sinai Area | Monastery of St. Catherine
   3. Alexandria
   4. Giza  (pyramids)
4. ISRAEL/CANAAN
   1. Ancient Israel (overview)
   2. OT Israel/NT Galilee & Samaria
   3. Beth Shean/Scythopolis
   4. Hazor – Lower City | Upper City
   5. Shechem
   6. OT Judah/NT Judea
   7. Jerusalem – Article: “The archaeology of Jerusalem” by Erin Darby | Time of David & Solomon, about 1000 BCE | Time of Hezekiah, about 700 BCE – 70 CE | Time of Second Temple, 538 BCE – 70 CE | Time of Jesus, 1 – 30 CE | Aelia Capitolina, 135 – 330 CE | Old City of Today
   8. Masada
   9. Modern Palestine
5. JORDAN
   1. Overview of Jordan
   2. Jerash (Hellenistic Gerasa) –  Satellite image  |  Detailed map of site
   3. Petra (central area only)
6. LEBANON (Ancient Phoenicia)
   1. Overview of Lebanon
   2. Baalbek  |  Layout of Temples  |  Plan of Temple of Bacchus
   3. Byblos
   4. Sidon
   5. Tyre
7. SYRIA
   1. Overview of Syria
   2. Aleppo
   3. Damascus
   4. Dura-Europos
   5. Ebla (Tell Mardikh)
   6. Palmyra (OT Tadmor)
   7. Ugarit –  Vicinity of Ras Shamra (Ugarit)  |  Ras Shamra (Ugarit)
8. CENTRAL/EASTERN TURKEY – Asia Minor
   1. Paul’s Missionary Journeys – Index Map – First Journey | Second | Third | Voyage to Rome    [TOP]
   2. Individual Cities
      1. Antioch of Pisidia –  Satellite Image  |  Pisidian Antioch City Plan
      2. Antioch of Syria (Antakya-Hatay, Turkey) –  Plan of Roman Antioch  |  Plan of Hellenistic Antioch  |  Satellite view of Antakya-Hatay
      3. Assos –  Overview  |  Closeup  |  Acropolis
      4. Attalia (modern Antalya) –  Overview of Antalya  |  Close-up of ancient city
      5. Derbe
      6. Haran (modern Harran)
      7. Lystra
      8. Miletus –  Overview  |  Close-up  |  Plan of theater
      9. Myra –  Overview  |  Acropolis  |  Theater & cliff tombs  |  Church of St. Nicholas  |  Port (Andriake)
      10. Patara –  Overview  |  Patara with ancient coastline  |  Plan of theater
      11. Perga
      12. Seleucia
      13. Tarsus –  Overview  |  Roman city  |  Gözlükule excavation (Hittite)  |  “Cleopatra’s Gate”  |  Justinian bridge [TOP]

Bible Atlas – Lands of the Ancient Near East

1. Ancient Mesopotamia – Mesopotamia
2. Competing empires of the 2nd millennium BCE
3. Succeeding empires of the 1st millennium BCE to 1st c. CE
   1. Assyrian Empire
   2. Neo-Babylonian Empire
   3. Persian Empire
   4. Hellenistic Empires
   5. Parthian Empire
4. Modern Countries in and Surrounding Mesopotamia [TOP]

WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN     CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN     EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN     ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST