Acre is a historic walled port-city with continuous settlement from the Phoenician period.
Masada (Hebrew, fortress), are the ancient ruins on a mountaintop in the desert about 48.3 km (about 30 mi) southeast of Jerusalem, the scene of the last stand made by the Jewish Zealots in their revolt against Roman rule (AD 66-73). Two fortified palaces were built there in the 1st century BC by the Judean king Herod the Great.
Tel Aviv was given the name White City because a large number of light colored houses in Bauhous style were built there from the 1920s to the 1950s.
A tell is an artificial mound created by many successive layers of human occupation. These 3 tells are representative of the more than 200 tells in Israel and contain substantial remains of cities with biblical connections.
The trade route which flourished from the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD includes 4 Nabatean towns of Haluza, Mamshit, Avdat and Shivta. They are spread along the Negev Desert bringing the spice trade of frankincense and myrrh from south Arabia to the Mediterranean.
The property includes 26 buildings, monuments and sites at 11 locations in Acre and Haifa, associated with the founders of the faith, among them the Shrine of the Baha'u'llah in Acre and the Mausoleum of the Bab in Haifa.
Lynn Salmon <>{ Last Updated: August 25, 2009