Travel to Egypt and Israel :

Tourist Attractions in Amman
Tourist Attractions in Amman Citadel Hill From its position on top of a hill overlooking the city, the Citadel stands testament to the history of Amman, with its ancient ruins and excavated relics, alongside those from throughout the country, housed in the Jordan Archaeological Museum. It is the site of the ancient...

History of Jerash
History of Jerash In a remote, quiet valley among the mountains of Gilead lie the ruins of Jerash, at one time a city of the Decapolis, and the only one of that powerful league through whose streets and monuments we can wander and see them as they were in its heyday,...

Name of Red Sea
Name of Red Sea The sea was called the "Arabian Gulf" in most European sources up to the 20th century. This was derived from older Greek sources. Herodotus, Straban and Ptolemy all call the waterway "Arabicus Sinus", while reserving the term "Sea of Erythrias" (Red Sea) for the waters around the...

Tourist Attractions in Jordan
Tourist Attractions in Jordan Amman and The North Amman The capital since 1921, Amman contains about one-third of the population. It was formerly the Ammonite capital of Rabbath-Ammon and later the Graeco-Roman city of Philadelphia. Often referred to as the 'white city', Amman was originally, like Rome, built on seven hills which still...

Languages of Egypt
Languages of Egypt The Ancient Egyptian language, which formed a separate branch among the family of Afro-Asiatic languages, was among the first written languages, and is known from hieroglyphic inscriptions preserved on monuments and sheets of papyrus. The Coptic language, the only extant descendant of Egyptian, is today the liturgical language...

Sports in Sinai
Sports in Sinai Biking This sport is not very famous and practiced in Egypt and this for a few resons: first of all, the streets are very dangerous since cars are driving fast and sometimes it seems they drive without a notice. A bicicle "counts" less than a car, a car less...

Ajlun: Jordan
Ajlun: Jordan Ajlun (alternative spelling Ajloun) is a hill town in the north of Jordan with an impressive 12th century castle. It is the capital city of Ajlun Governorate. 73 km north of Amman, and a short journey northwest from Jerash, through a beautiful pine-forest and olive groves, brings you to...

Geography of Jerusalem
Geography of Jerusalem Jerusalem is situated in 31°46'45?N, 35°13'25?E, upon the southern spur of a plateau the eastern side of which slopes from 2,460 ft. above sea-level north of the Temple area to 2,130 ft. at the southeastern extremity. The western hill is about 2,500 ft. high and slopes southeast from...

Giza: Egypt
Giza: Egypt Giza is a town in Egypt on the left bank of the Nile river, across from the old city of Cairo, and now part of the greater Cairo metropolis. It is the capital of Al Jizah governorate, and is located in the northeast of this governorate, near its...

Getting in Jerusalem
Getting in Jerusalem By Air Ben Gurion International Airport, also known as Tel Aviv Airport, is located near Lod on the main Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway (Highway 1), about 25km (15 miles) southeast of Tel Aviv and approximately 45km (29 miles) west of Jerusalem. It is Israel's principal hub for international and domestic...

Military of Egypt
Military of Egypt The Egyptian Armed Forces consists of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Air Defense. The Coast Guard and Border Guard operate as subordinates to the Navy and Army Command respectively. The Egyptian military is the strongest military power on the African continent, and the second largest in the...

History of Aqaba
History of Aqaba Aqaba has been inhabited settlement since 4000 BC profiting from its strategic location at the junction of trading routes between Asia, Africa, Europe. The early settlement was known as Eilat in Biblical Hebrew (and presumably Edomite) in ancient times. It was a centre of the Edomites, and then...

Introducation of Tel Aviv
Introducation of Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo is an Israeli city on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Tel Aviv is also the main part of the largest and most populous metropolitan area in Israel, known as Gush Dan ("Dan Aggregate"). Tel Aviv is located at 32°5'N 34°48'E (32.08333, 34.8). The larger...

Economy of Jerusalem
Economy of Jerusalem Heavy industry is discouraged in Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv remains Israel's financial capital, leaving Jerusalem's economy as mainly service-based. Almost half of Jerusalem's residents work in government, public service, or tourism, although there has been an increasing number of high-technology start-ups in the city, as well. The civilian labor...

Demographics of Jordan
Demographics of Jordan Most Jordanians are primarily of indigenous Levantine Semitic stock, admixed with various other peoples who have through its history come to conquer or settle the area - principally Arabians (also a Semitic people) during the Islamic expansionism that brought Arab culture, language and the Muslim faith. There are...