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Caesaria Philippi

Caesarea Philippi sat at the foot of Mount Hermon by the springs of Banias, a Hellenistic and Roman city associated in the gospels with Peter’s confession of Jesus. Discussed here as part of a tour-course day across the lower Hermon and the northern Golan Heights.

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North · Golan Heights & Hermon

Campus Golan Day 2: the Lower Hermon and the Northern Golan Heights

Day 2 of our Golan Heights course: Tel Dan's salamander, the world's oldest arch, the Hellenist temple at Banias, the Yom Kippur battlefields at Mt Bental and the Valley of Tears, and a kumzitz to close.

Jul 2013 · 5 minute read
Salamander at Tel Dan The world's oldest arch at Tel Dan Tel Dan hike Beit Ussishkin Museum Agrippa's Palace at Banias View towards the Syrian border with Israel from Mt Bental Valley of Tears Memorial Jubat el-Kabiera (the Big Juba) Birket Ram Campfire songs at our kumzitz
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