ISRAEL PHOTOS III  -- A COLLECTION OF PHOTOS FROM ISRAEL 

WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF SCENES AND SITES PERTINENT TO THE STUDY OF CHRISTIANITY

HIPPOS


January 2006 Hippos as seen from Rte. 98 looking towards the north shore of the lake.

Hippos was a city of the Decapolis that was reduced to ruins. The Decapolis was an alliance of 10 cities extending from Damascus, Syria in the north to the ruins of Philadelphia, Jordan in the south.

Mark 7:31 (WEB) Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the region of Decapolis.

Mark 5:20 (WEB) He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.



Susita National Park January 2006

Hippos is Greek for horse, it was also known as Susita that is Arabic for horse. The town name's meaning survived for 2000 years, but the spelling changed in translation. It is an Israeli National Park. It was on the hill near the center of the photo. I took about 55 minutes to walk up from En Gev to the town ruins


January 2006

This was the main street of Hippos.  The ruins were excavated to the Byzantine (c. 325 - 600 AD) layers.


January 2006

These are the remains of a tripartate (three part) church. Similar churches were found in cities in the Negev after the Nabateans converted to Christianity. There was a white marble carving showing a cross in one of the three churches on the mountain.


Cross and laurel of victory, Hippos, Jan 2006


January 2006

The area was not fully excavated during my visit in January of 2006.


January 2006

The Roman road exited the town down the west end of the mountain; visible along left edge of hill. It is a rough road with switchbacks.

Hippos Excavation Web Site: http://hippos.haifa.ac.il/

Parable of the Mustard Seed
     A Mustard Field Along Highway 87-North Shore of Galilee
     Mustard Seeds in the Palm of a Hand
     Mustard Flowers
     Giant Mustard
     Upper Most Seats of the Synagogue
The Fig Tree
     Mt of Olives Fig Tree, April 12-13, 2005
     Fig and Pomegranite Trees Below Siloam in Jerusalem
     Sycomore Fig Tree
The Good Shepherd
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
     Goat Herder
Camels
Ritual Cleansing
Shechem
     The Olive Harvest of Samaria
     Mt. Ebal
     Olive Tree
Pearl of Great Price
A First Century Synagogue at Gamala
     Overview of Gamala
Modern Galilee Fishing Boats
Kursi
     Caves and/or Tombs
     Steep Slope Near Kursi
Hippos
Feeding the 5,000
     On the Mountain
     Walking on Water
     Ramot-Tzelon area
Mt. Hermon
The Pools of Bethesda in Jerusalem
     Healing Pools
     Crusader Chapel and St. Ann Church
Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem
     Hezekiah's Tunnel
     Overlook to Siloam
Tower of Siloam
A Watch Tower in a Vineyard/Olive Grove
     Grape Vines at Beth Horan
     Towers
Mt. Precipice
     South Face
     Summit
     Over the edge
     Measuring Line
     View of Nazareth from near Megiddo
Nazareth
     The Basilica of the Annunciation
Capernaum
Healing a Paralytic in Capernaum
Bethsaida
Waterskins and Wineskins
The Fish and the Coin
     Barbel
A Denarius
Casting Out a Demon
The Road to Jericho
     Old Roman Road
     Wilderness Above Jericho
     Old Jericho
Western Wall
Gethsemane and the Cave of Gethsemane
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Rolling Stone Tombs - Jerusalem
    Other Rolling Stone Tombs
Tiberias
Solar Power in Israel
Salt of the earth
Chorazin

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Israel Photos VI
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Israel Photos IV -- Pilgrimage

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