Discovered in a remote Ottoman town in 1884, the Madaba Map is both a masterpiece of Byzantine design and a working map of Jerusalem and the sixth-century Middle East.

Pope Francis has designated 2025 a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, and NJ travel agencies hope a fragile ceasefire in Israel boosts interest.

Renaissance Europe’s fascination with the Middle East and the budding science of cartography is the subject of the Mitchell Gallery’s “Ancient Maps and Views of the Holy Land from the ...

Pope Francis's Holy Land tour is a journey through ancient, storied sites and heated modern disputes. ... MAPS: How the Pope’s Holy Land trip may stir controversy. May 23, 2014.

Rick Steves' Europe. The Holy Land, Israelis and Palestinians Today. Special | 56m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Weaving together the Israeli and Palestinian narratives to better understand ...