A CITY OF COEXISTENCE & BEAUTY Highlights Haifa is nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the slopes of Mount Carmel. This mountain is mentioned multiple times in the Bible, and a monastery commemorating the prophet Elijah stands upon it. The book of 1 Kings (chapter 18) records how Elijah, unafraid of royal authority, confronted King Ahab: “It is not I who have brought trouble on Israel,” he said, “but you and your father’s family. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands a

CITY OF ROMAN EMPERORS Highlights Caesarea Maritima is the first stop of visit after having departed the airport. Hippodrome at the sea Situated on the east coast of Mediterranean Sea, here at Caesarea Maritima, you can vividly feel the pulse of that far-away era. If Jerusalem is God's chosen holy city, Caesarea is then a monument to human ambition. Its "master builder" was Herod the Great - a formidable figure in the Gospels. Paying homage to Augustus Caesar, he laboured to

A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME Prologue: A Long-Held Hope For many years, I had longed to trace the remnants of Mesopotamian civilisation, but I kept postponing the trip for one "important reason" or another… Then, the outbreak of an unexpected and protracted wars forever confined that wish to the atlases and history books on my shelf. A turning point came in 2017. After finally completing a cover-to-cover reading of the Bible (though much of it still perplexed me), my focus shifted