KIng Herod's sauna

Caesarea, Haifa, Acre and Rosh Hanikra

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January 2nd 2009
Today I took my first organized tour to northern Israel traveling along the Mediterranean Sea. Caesarea is chocked full of Roman, Byzantine and Crusader ruins and most famously housed two of King Herod's palaces complete with baths, a port, a cathedral, a theater and an aqueduct. Saint Paul was sent here but managed to get sent to Rome where he was eventually put to death. Haifa is the third ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Haifa District

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more