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Archaeological sites (NT)

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  1. new testament placesAdramyttium – History | Modern location | Recent archaeology
  2. Alexandria – Bible Atlas from Space | Egyptian report | French report | Coins
  3. Alexandria Troas – see Troas, below.
  4. Amphipolis – Official site | history | Coins
  5. Antioch of Pisidia – Bible Atlas from Space | City plan | Paul at Pisidian Antioch | 1924 excavation | Virtual tour | photos | history | Coins
  6. Antioch of Syria (modern Antakya-Hatay, Turkey) – Bible Atlas from Space | history | Recent archaeology | Photos | Photos from Antakya Museum | City plan |Coins
  7. Antipatris (OT Aphek)
  8. Apollonia
  9. Assos – history & description | photos | more photos | Recent archaeology | Assos journals of Francis H. Bacon (includes plan of Assos acropolis) | Coins
  10. Athens
    1. Bible Atlas from Space
    2. history
    3. Acropolis Museum | Parthenon
    4. Agora–Greek
    5. Agora–Roman
    6. Areopagus (Mars Hill)
    7. Stadium [TOP]
    8. Coins
  11. Attalia – Bible Atlas from Space | Intro. | 2003 Rescue Excavation | Photos | Coins
  12. Azotus (OT Ashdod)
  13. Beroea (modern Veria, Greece)
  14. Bethany (modern El-Azariyeh, Israel) – History | Tomb of Lazarus
  15. Bethlehem (in Judea, see OT arch.) | Church of the Nativity | Photo tour of Church of the Nativity
  16. Bethsaida – Current excavation | Overview
  17. Caesarea Maritima – photos | field report of 1997 excavation | Coins
  18. Caesarea Philippi (Caesarea Panias) Intro | Coins
  19. Cana – Archaeology of Cana (near Nazareth) | Aerial view of excavations | Alternate site in Lebanon (near Tyre)
  20. Capernaum – Overview | Synagogue | “St. Peter’s house”
  21. Cenchreae
  22. Chorazin
  23. Colossae – Bible Atlas from Space | photos | history | Coins
  24. Corinth – history | Virtual tour (video) | Corinth Computer Project | Bible Atlas from Space | Diolkos video (Ancient railway across the Isthmus – CAUTION: audio is in Greek) | Corinth: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens Vol. 20: “Corinth, the Centenary: 1896-1996,” ed. C. K. Williams II and N. Bookidis (Athens, 2003). | Video: “Unearthed: Corinth in Context” Time: 56 min. 06 sec. | Coins
  25. Cos
  26. Damascus – History | Photos | Satellite view | Coins
  27. Derbe – Bible Atlas from Space | Intro | Paul at Derbe
  28. Emmaus
  29. Ephesus – Bible Atlas from Space | history | Recent archaeology | Many photos | Coins
  30. Fair Havens – Crete in Hellenistic times | Crete in Roman times
  31. Gadara – Intro | Coins
  32. Gaza – History | Photos of current situation | Coins
  33. Gerasa (in Decapolis, OT Jerash) – History | B&W Photos | Gallery of color photos | Coins
  34. Herculaneum – Bible Atlas from Space | Intro | Herculaneum papyri | 360° tour
  35. Herodium
  36. Hierapolis – Bible Atlas from Space | history | Recent archaeology | Photos | Coins
  37. Iconium (modern Konya, Turkey) – history | Coins
  38. Isthmia – U. of Chicago excavation | OSU excavation | Archaeological Museum at Isthmia | Broneer’s report on earlier excavation
  39. Jerash (see “Gerasa“)
  40. Jericho – History | Photos
  41. Jerusalem of the First Century (see OT arch.)
    1. Second Temple panoramas based on 3-D digital model
    2. Time of Christ – Model at Holiland Hotel (Vitrual Tour) |; Garden Tomb | Church of the Holy Sepulcher | Mt. of Olives
    3. Destruction by Titus (A.D. 70) | Arch of Titus
    4. Coins
  42. Joppa – Current excavation
  43. Jordan, Survey of sites in
  44. Kerioth
  45. Laodicea – Bible Atlas from Space | history | Recent archaeology | Coins
  46. Lydda (OT Lod, modern Lod, Israel)
  47. Lystra – Bible Atlas from Space | History
  48. Machaerus
  49. Magdala
  50. Malta (Melita) – History of Malta | Discovery of artifacts from Paul’s shipwreck | Discussion of Paul’s shipwreck | Coins
  51. Masada | Photo & diagram
  52. Miletus – Bible Atlas from Space | Intro | History & site features | Recent archaeology | Theatre at Miletus | Photos | Coins
  53. Myra – Bible Atlas from Space | Intro | St. Nicholas Church excavation | Photos | Coins
  54. Nain
  55. Nazareth | excavation
  56. Neapolis (in Macedonia) – Intro | Tourist info | Coins
  57. Paphos – Intro | history | Paul in Cyprus | Coins
  58. Patara – Bible Atlas from Space | Intro. | 2004 Excavation | Recent archaeology | Photos | More photos
  59. Patmos – Bible Atlas from Space | Tour info.
  60. Pella | Archaeology
  61. Perga – Bible Atlas from Space | Intro. | photos | more photos | Excavation Report | 2006 Report | Recent archaeology | Coins | More coins
  62. Pergamum (Pergamon or Pergamos – modern Bergama, Turkey)– Bible Atlas from Space | Intro. | Recent archaeology | Altar of Zeus (close-ups, text in German) | Tour of site | Photos of site and artifacts | Coins
  63. Petra – Main features | History & archaeology | City plan | Bible Atlas from Space | Coins
  64. Philadelphia (in province of Asia, modern Alasehir, Turkey) – Bible Atlas from Space | Intro | Coins
  65. Philadelphia (in Decapolis, OT Rabbah, modern Amman, capital of Jordan) – Intro | Coins
  66. Philippi – Intro | Bible Atlas from Space | Tour info. | Coins
  67. Pompeii
    1. Bible Atlas from Space
    2. Pompeii supersite
    3. Pompeii Forum Project
    4. Eyewitness account of Pompeii’s destruction
    5. Reconstruction of Ancient Pompeii Forum
    6. The Stabian Baths (illus. from Vitruvius, The Ten Books on Architecture, ed. M. H. Morgan (Harvard, 1914).
    7. Ptolemais (OT Acco)
    8. Puteoli
    9. Rhodes – Intro | Coins
  68. Rome
    1. Bible Atlas from Space
    2. Ancient Rome From the Earliest Times Down to 476 B.C. by Robert Pennell (1891) (4.6 Mb)
    3. Virtual Rome (360° images)
    4. Another Virtual Rome
    5. Model of ancient Rome
    6. Forma Urbis Romae (Severan Marble Plan of Rome) (ancient map of Rome carved from 203-211 CE)
    7. Coins
  69. Salamis – Tour of ancient city | Paul in Cyprus | City plan | Location on Cyprus | Coins
  70. Sardis – Bible Atlas from Space | History | Archaeology | Recent archaeology | Sardis synagogue | Synagogue-Gymnasium Complex Photos | Many photos |Coins
  71. Scythopolis (OT Beth Shean) – Intro | Coins
  72. Sea of Galilee – Cove of the Sower | photos
  73. Sebaste (OT Samaria) – History | Coins
  74. Seleucia – Bible Atlas from Space | Intro. | history | Photos | Coins
  75. Sepphoris (OT Zippori) – Official Sepphoris website | Jesus & the Forgotten City (book on Sepphoris) | Coins
  76. Sidon – History with photos | Archaeology of Sidon | Coins
  77. Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey) – Bible Atlas from Space | history | Photos | Recent archaeology | Photos of Agora excavation | Coins
  78. Sychar
  79. Syracuse (Sicily) – Intro | Coins
  80. Tarsus – Bible Atlas from Space | Brief history | In-depth discussion | Recent excavations in city park | Recent excavations at Roman baths | Latest discoveries| 2007 Report | Photos from excavations | Photos | Coins
  81. Thessalonica – Intro. | Archaeological Museum | Coins
  82. Thyatira (modern Akhisar, Turkey) – Bible Atlas from Space | Intro. | Photos | Archaeological Finds | Coins
  83. Tiberias – Intro | Coins
  84. Troas (Alexandria Troas) – History | Photos | Excavations (in German) | Recent archaeology (in English) | Coins
  85. Tyre | Alexander’s siege of Tyre (332 BCE) | History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson (1889) | “Geoarchaeology of Tyre’s ancient north harbour” (2005) | Coins [TOP]