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Dome of the Rock Upon arriving in Israel at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv which means "Hill of Spring", we were escorted to the Ramada Hotel on the coast of the Mediterranean. From the hotel windows, the Fortress of Jappa(Jaffa) could be seen.

Jappa was originally created by Japhet, son of Noah, and is the starting place of Jonah's journey to Tarshish. This is also the site where Peter restored Tabitha.

That evening , we journeyed to Ceasarea and toured the Roman Amphitheatre, the Roman Aquaduct and the Crusader Fortress.

Next, we visited Mount Carmel. Mount Carmel is the site where Armegeddon started and many believe to be the site of the future Armeggedon. From Mount Carmel, the Valley of Jezreel could be seen.

Haiffa was the next site to be toured. In the city of Haiffa, we visited a Bahai Shrine. The streets of Haiffa were built by Germans immigrating to Israel.

Journeying to the city of Acre carried us to our next stop on our tour. Acre was the capital of the crusader kingdom after it was conquered by Richard the Lionheart. The Ottoman Fortress, built by the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem and the Templars, was a stop on the guarded route to Jerusalem during the Middle Ages.

Ottoman-Turkish Citadel of Atlas.




Israel
Upon arriving in Israel at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv which means "Hill of Spring", we were escorted to the Ramada Hotel on the coast of the Mediterranean. From the hotel windows, the Fortress of Jappa(Jaffa) could be seen. Jappa was originally created by Japhet, son of Noah, and is the starting place of Jonah's journey to Tarshish. This is also the site where Peter restored Tabitha. That evening , we journeyed to Ceasarea and toured the Roman Amphitheatre, the Roman Aquaduct and the Crusader Fortress. Next, we visited Mount Carmel. Mount Carmel is the site where Armegeddon started and many believe to be the site of the future Armeggedon. From Mount Carmel, the Valley of Jezreel could be seen. Haiffa was the next site to be toured. In the city of Haiffa, we visited a Bahai Shrine. The streets of Haiffa were built by Germans immigrating to Israel. Journeying to the city of Acre carried us to our next stop on our tour. Acre was the capital of the crusader kingdom after it was conquered by Richard the Lionheart. The Ottoman Fortress, built by the Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem and the Templars, was a stop on the guarded route to Jerusalem during the Middle Ages. Ottoman-Turkish Citadel of Atlas.
Egypt
At this part of the tour we proceeded to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.The museum was first built in the city of Boulak. It was moved to the Giza Palace in 1891 and then to the Tahrir Square in Cairo. From there, we moved on to the Sakkara Carpet School, built by Hadj Abdel-Aziz to give people in the area employment as well as to bring income into the area. Next, we visited Saladin's 12th Century Citadel. Saladin was a Kurdish Muslim warrior. After that, we toured the Mosque of Mohammed Ali built from 1830-1857 by Mohammed Ali Pasha. We explored the "old-walled" Cairo as the next part of our journey. A tour of the Mosque of Mohammed Ibn Qalaun was next on our list. This mosque was built in 1284.
The High Dam at Aswan was a grand scale project on the Nile and our next site to see. The Dam at Aswan, being built in the 1960's has the grand dimensions of being 11,811 feet long, 364 feet tall and 3215 feet thick at the base. While still in the Aswan area, we visited the Unfinished Obelisk and the sandstone temples of Abu Simbel and rode in a boat on the Nile to the Botanical Gardens on Kitchner Island. The islands are named after Lord Kitchner for his services in the Sudan Campaign. Finally, we ended the Eqyptian tour with the Aga Khan Mausoleum on the banks of the Nile.