Tour Guide Majd

05/06/2026

Fancy a house with a sea view? So did Herod the Great. His palace stood inside the shore waters, and he had a fresh water pool at the center of it.

ChatGPT says it cost him close to 500 million dollars in today’s money! 💰

03/06/2026

Prior to the discovery of this stone, there was no archaeological evidence of Pontius Pilate. This stone remains the only inscription from Pilate’s time that explicitly names him, especially as the ruler of Judea.

Rocks do cry out.

01/06/2026

Here, at the spring of Harod, 300 people were chosen. Down from 32,000, that’s the number Gideon entered the battles with against the Midianites.

God basically was saying, “Victory is mine.” 😉 Oh how many verses tell us that it’s not our strength but His that wins the battle!

31/05/2026

The theatre in Caesarea is a unique venue for concerts. It is rarely seen without a stage and speakers setup.
However, 2,000 years ago, someone spoke and was called a god. That cost him his life!

30/05/2026

The Galilee is rough terrain: mountains and valleys everywhere. Still people found ways to cultivate it and use its natural resources. This wheat mill is such a testament of strong will of people who lived here 100-200 years ago.

27/05/2026

24/05/2026

This mosaic at the Basilica of San Vitale in Italy was the key to unlocking the mystery of mosaic at the synagogue in Sepphoris near Nazareth. The synagogue mosaic was damaged and missing pieces. Identification and correlation between what’s left of it and the mosaic in Italy revealed it’s the story of the sacrifice of Isaac.

16/05/2026

Today’s trip to Qasr al-Yahud and the Land of Monasteries

16/05/2026

Pictures from today’s tour in the “Land of Monasteries” near Qasr al-Yahud (the baptismal site near Jericho).

Do you know which famous personality visited these places while they were still operational?

24/02/2026

The synagogue in Capernaum is special. It’s probably in the same place where Jesus taught. It’s built of lime stone instead of the basalt stone which is plentiful in the area. And..

It was built in a time Jews were forbidden from building synagogues, AND it coexisted with a Byzantine a few meter south of it!

How?! What?!

Well.. 👆