Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea Maritima

Haifa

Haifa

Acre

Acre

"The first new Hebrew city for two thousand years."

The headless statues -- one theory is that they were kept up to date as administrations changed.

The tour group

Here Herod Agrippa tried to form an alliance with Tyre and Sidon and was struck down (Acts 12:20-23)

As in many ampitheatres, the skena, which completes the semi-circle, is missing. Oddly, archeological remains indicate that the circle was once completed by other structures.

Our guide, fluent in English, Hebrew and German.

Many of the Roman buildings have been lost to the sea, but here somewhere were the offices of Pontius Pilate, and the dungeons where St. Paul was imprisoned by Governors Felix and Festus.

The 11-mile Roman aqueduct which brought water to Caesarea from the melting snows of Mount Carmel.

The great port, built by the British, just in time to be handed over to Israel at independence.

The spectacular gardens built by the Baha'i faith. The temple at top left houses the tomb of the Bab, the herald of Bahaulla.

The great fortress of the Knights of St. John was used as a citadel by British occupation forces

The great halls of the Knights of St. John are still being excavated.